Admiral (2008)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Andrei Kravchuk

Writers:

Zoya Coudrie (co-writer)
Vladimir Valutsky (writer)

Release Date:

9 October 2008 (Armenia)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Tagline:

"Vysshiy sostav" ("The Highest Command")

Plot:

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia.

Plot Keywords:

Admiral | One Word Title | General | Character Name In Title

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Admiral
Elizaveta Boyarskaya	...	Anna
Sergey Bezrukov	...	General Kappel
Vladislav Vetrov	...	Sergey Timirev
Anna Kovalchuk	...	Sofia
Egor Beroev	...	Mikhail Smirnov
Richard Bohringer	...	General Zhannen
Oleg Fomin	...	Nikolay Podgurskiy
Anatoliy Pashinin	...	Rostislav Ognivtsev
Dmitriy Shcherbina	...	Vladimir Rybaltovskiy
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Kerenskiy
Aleksandr Klyukvin	...	Premer-minister Pepelyaev
Fyodor Bondarchuk	...	Kinorezhisser Sergey Fyodorovich
Nikolay Burlyaev	...	Imperator
Olga Ostroumova

Also Known As:

Адмиралъ (Russia)
The Admiral (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Omsk, Siberia, Russia

Company:

Film Direction

Trivia:

The title uses old Russian orthography, abandoned after the October Socialist Revolution of 1917.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Admiral Kolchak is addressing his troops in November 1918 at the Eastern Front, a variety of flags can be seen in the background, including an American flag that clearly has nine rows of stars. All American flags of this period had just six rows of stars; the US flag didn't contain more than six rows of stars until 1959, when on January 3 a seventh row was added to recognize Alaska's entry into the union, and on August 21 the stars were rearranged in nine rows in recognition of Hawaii's entry.

Russian Titanic

The other day, looked domestic Russian Blockbuster "Admiral". The film is based on real events and tells about the fate of Alexander Kolchaka, a man with multilateral talents, began their path of a sailor, who became admiral and later, become the supreme ruler of the Russian Empire. The film deals with some aspects of the life of the admiral, because life Kolchaka put in the movie, certainly would not have succeeded. Etaky Russian "Titanic" love story against the backdrop of historical events, beautiful costumes, massive battles and playing the actors look more than decent.

Advantages of the film: The film was a vast and exciting, for which the creators of this movie many thanks. Pleased scenes of battles, to focus in the development of the main character - Admiral Kolchaka. It is precisely transferred to the spirit of the time - wild times, the horrors of war and revolution, liberty, the struggle for power and international intervention.

The game cast is also pleased, at some point simply breathtaking. Habensky looked more than convincing, Bezrukov played a character who likes to shout at their subordinates, everything relies. Lisa Boyarskaya looked good.

Cons movie: Of course as the film was designed for a wide audience, some of the points much simplified. Let's say in the film Kolchaka betrayed that happens in war. But not disclosed the reasons for treason, the response admiral, and acted as the protagonist.

The film does not show how the country-interventionist alternately influenced the course of the struggle "red" and "white". Wagons with gold, talks with the group, alliances with the countries of Entente, and other times simply did not appear in the film. Besides the fact that whites were very patriotic and at the same time gave the British and French loot the Russian land, also played a role in the defeat of "white". Although the two-hour movie - it excusably.

Also in the film is not disclosed to the theme of love. Yes it is. But the entire movie no kiss. No bed scenes. The heart does not shout, as in the movie "Titanic" when she jumps out of the lifeboat back to the ship to be with their loved ones.

Frankly Lisa Boyarskaya me as an actress does not like at all. Nekrasivoe (I think) face, the same facial expression and voice of an idiotic No name sometimes means more than talent, so do not pay attention to this. In the role of director, I would have preferred Julia Snigir or Ekaterina Guseva.

And the last thing I did not like this end of the movie. It seems that he wants to die stupidly. There is a struggle of willpower.

Summary: The movie watching recommend unequivocally, that Russia's Blokbaster very comfortable that I have ever seen. Russian cinema is clearly podtyagivaetsya for Hollywood. I would take the "Admiral" on DVD, as soon as in the States. Of the 10, put 9.0.