1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

135 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 28, 2007

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.

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

135 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 28, 2007

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Central Partnership, Renova-Media, Golden Eagle, Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph
Original title 1612: Хроники смутного времени
Directors Vladimir Khotinenko
Writers Arif Aliev

Cast

Pyotr Kislov

as Andrei

Artur Smolyaninov

as Kostka

Michal Zebrowski

as Jan Skrzetuski

Violetta Davydovskaya

as Kseniya Godunova

Mikhail Porechenkov

as Prince Dmitri Pozharsky

Aleksandr Baluev

as Brigand Osina

Marat Basharov

as Military commander Navoloka

Ramón Langa

as Alvar

Valeriy Zolotukhin

as Stylite

Viktor Shamirov

as Lavitskiy

Daniil Spivakovskiy

as Styopka Podkova

Dmitri Ulyanov

as False Dmitri I