1612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni

"The Tsar is dead. Chaos reigns."

Nov 1 2007 Not Rated 2h 24m
Adventure, Drama, History

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniya Godunova. She has married a Polish military leader who wants to claim the Russian throne in her name so he can rule all of Russia. As the Poles move in on Moscow in an attempt to install the czarina on the throne, Andrei, a serf with a life-long infatuation of the czarina attempts to save her from her brutal Polish husband.

Plot

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniya Godunova. She has married a Polish military leader who wants to claim the Russian throne in her name so he can rule all of Russia. As the Poles move in on Moscow in an attempt to install the czarina on the throne, Andrei, a serf with a life-long infatuation of the czarina attempts to save her from her brutal Polish husband. A complicated story wrapped around mysticism and legend climaxes in a bloody battle between the Poles and the Russians for control of the empire.

Written by

Arif Aliev

Directed by

Vladimir Khotinenko

Cast

Pyotr Kislov, Michal Zebrowski, Artur Smolyaninov

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Central Partnership, Golden Eagle, Renova-Media, Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph

Languages

Deutsch, Polski, Italiano, Español

Awards

4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,326
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA