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Poor, Poor Pavel

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.

Top Cast

  • Viktor Sukhorukov

    Viktor Sukhorukov

    Emperor Pavel the First

  • Oleg Yankovskiy

    Oleg Yankovskiy

    Count Palen

  • Oksana Mysina

    Oksana Mysina

    Empress Mariya Fyodorovna

  • Aleksey Barabash

    Aleksey Barabash

    Aleksandr

  • Anna Molchanova

    Anna Molchanova

    Yelizaveta

  • Yuliya Mavrina

    Yuliya Mavrina

    Lopukhina

  • Igor Shibanov

    Igor Shibanov

    Kutaisov

  • Yevgeni Karpov

    Yevgeni Karpov

    Konstantin

  • Vadim Lobanov

    Vadim Lobanov

    Bezborodko

Overview

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.

Rating

3.9 / 10
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