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2008 Certificate 15 Certificate 15
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In traditional Soviet history books and popular opinion, early 20th century war admiral Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), a crusader against the Bolsheviks, went down as a brutal, homicidal and nearly psychotic tyrant who massacred untoward numbers of people. But that interpretation gets dramatically rewritten by this lavish, .. Read more

Starring Konstantin Khabensky, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Vladislav Vetrov, Sergei Bezrukov
Director Andrei Kravchuk
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Admiral

In traditional Soviet history books and popular opinion, early 20th century war admiral Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), a crusader against the Bolsheviks, went down as a brutal, homicidal and nearly psychotic tyrant who massacred untoward numbers of people. But that interpretation gets dramatically rewritten by this lavish, sweeping chronicle, produced at the height of a resurgence in Russian nationalism during the early 21st century. Here, as played by Konstantin Khabensky, Kolchak emerges as an admirable and commendable battle hero. The tale opens in 1916, with the military man holding court as a fearless, iron-willed, cunning leader; his only overriding weakness seems to be slight and occasional infidelities to wife Sofia (Anna Kovalchuk). She tolerates this as well as she can, though in time Kolchak falls helplessly in love with another woman - Anna (Elizaveta Boyarskaya), the wife of officer Sergey Timirev (Vladislav Vetrov). As Kolchak struggles valiantly and courageously against the encroaching shadow of the Russian Revolution, both he and Anna realize that they will do literally anything to be together, and risk their lives and safety to make that happen - up through the point when Kolchak meets a tragic but respectable end fighting on the Siberian tundras. At the time of its release, this marked the most expensive film ever produced in Russia, with a budget of around $20 million.

Starring Konstantin Khabensky, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Vladislav Vetrov, Sergei Bezrukov, Richard Bohringer, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anna Kovalchuk, Kontantin Khabenskiy, Sergey Bezrukov, Egor Beroev
Director Andrei Kravchuk
Studio METRODOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs
LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 59 mins
Certificate Certificate 15 DVD
Certificate 15 LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: Russian
LOVEFiLM Instant: Russian, French
Subtitles DVD: English
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released Production year: 2008

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      In traditional Soviet history books and popular opinion, early 20th century war admiral Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), a crusader against the Bolsheviks, went down as a brutal, homicidal and nearly psychotic tyrant who massacred untoward numbers of people. But that interpretation gets dramatically ...

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