Overview
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
Director and cast
- Aleksandr Sokurov Director
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Jacques Jaujard
- Vincent Nemeth as Napoléon Bonaparte
- Benjamin Utzerath as Franz Wolff-Metternich
- Jean-Claude Caër Cast
- Johanna Korthals Altes as Marianne
- Aleksandr Sokurov as (voice)
- François Smesny as (voice)
- Peter Lontzek as (voice)
- Andrey Chelpanov Cast
- Catherine Limbert as La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard
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