Russian ark

Man, our contemporary, unexpectedly finds himself in the Hermitage at the beginning of the 1700s, having no idea how he got there. Inspecting the halls, he meets a foreigner, in which he guesses the features of the famous French diplomat and traveler of the XIX century. These two travel time through 300 years of Russian history, works of art and cultural monuments return them to the time of the Russian Empire.

“The Hermitage is the only place where I really feel like a citizen of Russia,” said Alexander Sokurov. In 2002, the museum became the protagonist of his film "Russian Ark." The picture was taken by the camera passage through the halls of the Winter Palace, there wasn't a single mounting gluing in it. This was the first cinema experience in the world of cinema to shoot a full-length film in one shot. According to surveys of 846 world film critics, “Russian Ark” was the only Russian film included in the list of the best films in history.

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