The Fall of the Empire
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Written by | Leonid Yuzefovich Vladimir Khotinenko |
Directed by | Vladimir Khotinenko |
Starring | Aleksandr Baluev Sergei Makovetsky Maria Mironova Chulpan Khamatova |
Country of origin | Russia |
Original language | Russian |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Running time | 520 min. |
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Original network | Channel One Russia |
Original release | 2005 2005 | –
The Fall of the Empire (Russian: Гибель империи, romanized: Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005.[1][2]
It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin (Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov).
Cast[]
Main characters of the series[]
- Alexander Baluev - Captain of counterintelligence Sergei Pavlovich Kostin
- Sergei Makovetsky - Professor of Law, and then the captain of the Army Intelligence Alexander Mikhailovich Nesterovsky
- Maria Mironova - Elena Ivanovna Saburova
- Chulpan Khamatova - Olga Semenovna Nesterovskaya
- Marat Basharov - lieutenant counterintelligence Ivan Karlovich Stolz
- Andrey Krasko - non-commissioned counterintelligence officer Nikolai Alexeyevich Strelnikov
The real historical figures in the series[]
- Vladislav Galkin - head of counterintelligence Boris Nikitin
- Sergei Nikonenko - Paul von Rennenkampf
- Alexander Bashirov - Lavr Kornilov
- Fedor Bondarchuk - Anton Denikin
- Dmitry Pevtsov - Nikolay Dukhonin
- Andrey Nevraev - Emperor Nicholas II
- Andrei Zibrov - Pavel Pereverzev
- Alexander Mezentsev - General Aleksei Brusilov
- Alexey Medvedev - Nikolai Krylenko
- Danil Lavrenov - Leonid Kannegisser
- Alexander Voitov - Moisei Uritsky
- Yuri Tsurilo - Yuri Steklov
- Valentina Kasyanova - Nadezhda Krupskaya
- Victor Smirnov - Colonel Moroz (prototype - Viktor Klimenko)
- Maria Poroshina - socialist revolutionary Maria Kovskaya (prototype - Irina Kakhovskaya)
- Stanislav Nikolsky - Semyon Roshal
- Viktor Bychkov - Stepnin, also as Yakov Ganetsky
- Alexander Pashutin - General Grigoriev
Other characters[]
- Ivan Agafonov - janitor
- Sergey Astakhov - Karevsky
- Andrey Astrakhantsev - socialist revolutionary Leonid Charny
- Johan Bott - The German Soldier Karl
- Gosha Kutsenko - Gibson
- Juozas Budraitis - Kranz
- Axel Buchholz - Stolberg
- Yuri Vasiliev - owner of the cinema "Lotos"
- Viktor Verzhbitsky - Ghanaian
- Sergei Garmash - Sakharov, the prophet "Kassandrov"
- Tatyana Dogileva - hostess of the apartment, Zina's mother
- Sergey Dreyden - Grohovsky
- Aleksei Kravchenko - Staff Captain Rysin
- Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev - socialist revolutionary Shilenko
- Alexander Lykov - filmmaker
- Dmitry Marianov - Captain Bredel
- Darya Moroz - maid Katya
- Daniel Olbrychski - Strombakh
- Sergey Parshin - Ryabikov
- Alexander Pashkov - Mitya, driver (in 3rd and 6th episodes is named Pasha)
- Alexander Polovtsev - Antipov
- Ksenia Rappoport - Alina Gorskaya
- Igor Sklyar - Ricks
- Semyon Strugachev - Franz Fleishman
- Glafira Tarkhanov - Tanya Zaitseva
- Mikhail Trukhin - Maletsky
- Dmitry Ulyanov - Stetsevich
- Nina Usatova - Zaitseva, Aunt Tanya
- Ville Haapasalo - Tarvilainen
- Konstantin Khabensky - Boris Sergeevich Lozovsky
- Vladimir Khotinenko - Colonel Yakubov
- Mikhail Porechenkov - captain with a white flag (finale of the 8th series, in titles is indicated as ensign)
- André Hennicke - employee of the German embassy, then captain of the German army intelligence Rigert
- Larissa Shakhvorostova - socialist revolutionary Kiseleva
- Dmitriy Shevchenko - socialist revolutionary Semchenko
- Justina Rudite - girl
- Alexander Rublev - soldier (in the episodes "Red Bows" and "Prayer Officer")
References[]
- ^ "Гибель империи". VokrugTV.
- ^ "Гибель империи". Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema.
External links[]
The Fall of the Empire at IMDb
Categories:
- World War I television films
- World War I spy films
- Russian television miniseries
- 2005 in Russian television
- Films directed by Vladimir Khotinenko
- 2005 Russian television series debuts
- 2005 Russian television series endings
- 2000s Russian television series
- Russian drama television series
- Channel One Russia original programming
- Russian World War I films
- Russian television show stubs