The Poet and the Tsar (1927)

Original title

Поэт и царь

Directed by

Yevgeni Chervyakov, Vladimir Gardin

Genre

drama film, silent film, historical film, biographical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This silent film tells the story of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and his troubled relationship with Tsar Nicholas I. It shows Pushkin's creative life and the political pressures he faced that led to his death.

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What happens

The Poet and the Tsar (Russian: Поэт и царь, romanized: Poet i tsar) is a 1927 Soviet silent biopic film directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yevgeni Chervyakov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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