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1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 28, 2007

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

History, Drama

User Score

50%

Original Title

1612: Хроники смутного времени

Production Companies

Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph, Renova-Media, Golden Eagle, Central Partnership, Studio Trite

Director

Vladimir Khotinenko

Budget

$12,000,000

Description

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.