Poor, Poor Pavel

Poor, Poor Pavel

2003 · 103 min · ★ 3.9 · Drama

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.

Directed by Vitaliy Melnikov · Written by Vitaliy Melnikov

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Viktor Sukhorukov Emperor Pavel the First
Oleg Yankovskiy Count Palen
Oksana Mysina Empress Mariya Fyodorovna
Aleksey Barabash Aleksandr
Anna Molchanova Yelizaveta
Yuliya Mavrina Lopukhina
Igor Shibanov Kutaisov
Yevgeni Karpov Konstantin
Vadim Lobanov Bezborodko
Vera Karpova Baroness Livsi
Aleksandr Grigoryants Brenna
Dmitriy Sutyrin Yashvil

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