The Bronze Horseman Of Russia (Медный всадник России)

Overview

Vasily Livanov’s historical movie carries the viewer back into the 18th century and tells the story of the monument to Peter the Great through Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin’s poem «The Bronze Horseman». The sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet comes from France at the invitation of the Empress Ekaterina the 2nd to erect the monument. Thanks to the master’s meticulous work and painstaking creative search the monument has become not only a masterpiece of art but one of the symbols of Russia.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Olga Belova

Ekaterina II

Andrey Sokolov

Yury Matveevich Felten, architect

Evgeniy Redko

Etienne Falcone, sculptor

Valeriya Lanskaya

Marie-Anne Collot, Falcone's student

Denis Tkachyov

Fontaine, carver

Boris Khvoshnyanskiy

Lascari, captain

Boris Livanov Jr.

Grigory Potemkin

Yuriy Loparyov