Vitali MELNIKOV
Виталий МЕЛЬНИКОВ
Vitali MELNIKOV
USSR / Italy, 1990, 121mn 
Colour, fiction
Tsarskaya okhota
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Царская охота

 

 The Tsar's Hunt

 La Chasse du tsar

 
Directed by : Vitali MELNIKOV (Виталий МЕЛЬНИКОВ)
Writing credits : Leonid ZORIN (Леонид ЗОРИН)
 
Cast
Sergey BEKHTEREV (Сергей БЕХТЕРЕВ)
Nikolay EREMENKO jr. (Николай ЕРЕМЕНКО мл.) ...Alekseï Orlov
Mikhail KONONOV (Михаил КОНОНОВ) ...Koustov
Svetlana KRIUCHKOVA (Светлана КРЮЧКОВА) ...Ekaterina II
Aleksandr NOVIKOV (Александр НОВИКОВ)
Viktor PAVLOV (Виктор ПАВЛОВ) ...Ferapont
Aleksandr ROMANTSOV (Александр РОМАНЦОВ)
Stanislav SADALSKY (Станислав САДАЛЬСКИЙ) ...Le propriétaire de la voiture
Anna SAMOKHINA (Анна САМОХИНА) ...La princesse Tarakanova
Svetlana SMIRNOVA (Светлана СМИРНОВА) ...E.R. Dachkova
Oleg TABAKOV (Олег ТАБАКОВ) ...Golitsyn
Baadur TSULADZE (Баадур ЦУЛАДЗЕ) ...Lombardi
 
Cinematography : Yuri VEKSLER (Юрий ВЕКСЛЕР)
Production design : Berta MANEVICH (Берта МАНЕВИЧ)
Music : Edison DENISOV (Эдисон ДЕНИСОВ)
Sound : Asia ZVEREVA (Ася ЗВЕРЕВА)
Editing : Zinaida SHEYNEMAN (Зинаида ШЕЙНЕМАН)
Companies : Lenfilm, Golos, Soyouzkinoservice, Barrandov (Tchékoslovaquie), Exelsior-Film, Videa (Italie)
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The screenplay features the tragic fate of the impostor Princess Tarakanova, a pretender to the Russian throne. It is one of the most dazzling subjects presented to art by the Russian history. Leonid Zorin came up with his own view of the hunt put up by Tsarina Catherine II in pursuit of Princess Tarakanova. In the eyes of many Count Orlov, the executor of the Empress's will, was an accomplished villain. The playwright renounced this simple description. Orlov was too much of an individual to turn into a common executioner. The extent of his suffering might have exceeded that of the victim herself; for he truly fell in love with Princess Yelizaveta Tarakanova, the one he betrayed.
The costume designer Larisa Koknikova was awarded NIKA – the highest annual professional Premium of the Cinematographers’ Union – for the Best Designer’s Work (1991).
The actress Svetlana Kryuchkova was awarded NIKA for the Best Minor Part (1991).
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2018
- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2015
- Festival of Russian cinema in Nice, Nice (France), 2013
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 1995
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1991