Poor, Poor Pavel (2003)
Synopsis
Lenfilm's most recent major production spins a kind of historical fantasy based on real incidents that's full of ominous implications for today. One night, a patrol rushes into the chambers of the Russian prince Pavel, son of the Empress Catherine; the Empress has died, and Pavel is to be anointed the new Tsar. Thought to be feeble-minded at best and crazy at worst, Pavel soon lives up to his enemies' fears: he dismisses long-serving courtiers, demands that peasants only work three days a week, and declares that state officials should start their days at 5 am. Soon, it seems that everyone who can is trying to hatch some kind of plot against him - including his own sons. Sumptuously designed, POOR POOR PAVEL constrasts the imperial splendor of the court with the sordid atmosphere of conspiracies and backstabbing that comes to define these characters' lives.
Release Date: 2003-06-21
Runtime: 103 minutes
Director: Vitaliy Melnikov
Top Cast
- Viktor Sukhorukov as Emperor Pavel the First
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Count Palen
- Oksana Mysina as Empress Mariya Fyodorovna
- Aleksey Barabash as Aleksandr
- Anna Molchanova as Yelizaveta
- Yuliya Mavrina as Lopukhina
- Igor Shibanov as Kutaisov
- Yevgeni Karpov as Konstantin
- Vadim Lobanov as Bezborodko
- Vera Karpova as Baroness Livsi
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