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The Admiral (2008)

The Admiral poster
Original title
Адмиралъ
Directed by
Andrei Kravchuk
Genre
drama film, adventure film, war film, biographical film, romance film, historical film
Country
Russia, People's Republic of China, France
Runtime
2h
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 163 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a biopic about Alexander Kolchak, a vice admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy who leads the White movement during the Russian Civil War. It also shows a love triangle between him, his wife, and a poet named Anna Timiryova.

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What happens

Admiral (Russian: Адмиралъ; stylized to resemble pre-revolutionary Russian, modern spelling: Russian: Адмирал) is a 2008 biopic about Alexander Kolchak, a vice admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy and leader of the anti-communist White movement during the Russian Civil War. The film also depicts the love triangle between the Admiral, his wife, and the poet Anna Timiryova. An extended version of the movie was made into a 10-part TV mini-series which was shown by Channel One in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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