Poor, Poor Pavel (2003)
1h 43m
Running Time
June 21, 2003Release Date
Poor, Poor Pavel (2003)
1h 43m
Running Time
June 21, 2003Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Viktor Sukhorukov
Emperor Pavel the First

Oleg Yankovskiy
Count Palen

Oksana Mysina
Empress Mariya Fyodorovna

Anna Molchanova
Yelizaveta

Yuliya Mavrina
Lopukhina

Yuliya Mavrina
Lopukhina

Yevgeni Karpov
Konstantin

Vera Karpova
Baroness Livsi

Aleksandr Grigoryants
Brenna

Dmitriy Sutyrin
Yashvil

Boris Khvoshnyanskiy
De Ribas

Sergey Barkovsky
Rogerson

Ivan Parshin
Valeryan Zubov

Dmitry Merezhkovski
Original Story

Vitali Melnikov
Writer / Director

Alexandr Zagoskin
Production Design

Andrei Zertsalov
Producer

Sergey Astakhov
Director of Photography

Andrei Petrov
Music

Irina Vasilyeva
Makeup Artist

Aleksey Molochnik
Assistant Director

Sergei Shults
Additional Director of Photography

Valery Revich
Additional Director of Photography

Oleg Vasilyuk
Stunt Coordinator

Larisa Konnikova
Costume Design

Asya Zvereva
Sound Director

Nikolay Pavlyuk
Stunt Coordinator

Vadim Lobanov
Bezborodko

Pavel Kornakov

Aleksandr Samokhin

Aleksandr Tsybulsky

Aleksey Barabash
Aleksandr
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 2003
Original NameБедный, бедный Павел
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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Wiki.
Poor Poor Paul (Russian: Бедный, бедный Павел, romanized: Bednyy bednyy Pavel) is a 2003 Russian historical drama film. It is a biopic of Czar Paul I of Russia and the final film of the historical trilogy of Vitaly Melnikov "The Empire. The Beginning".
Empire. The Beginning.
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