Empire V (2021)

Original title

Ампир V

Directed by

Victor Ginzburg

Genre

fantasy film, vampire film

Country

Germany, Russia, United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

19

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man is turned into a vampire and enters a hidden society of immortals who secretly control the world. He learns their rituals and language while navigating a system built on status and blood.

darkly playfulcerebralsurrealslow-burncynicalvisually stylizedmoodysardonic

What happens

Empire V (Russian: Ампир V, romanized: Ampir V) is a 2023 Russian urban fantasy film directed by Victor Ginzburg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Pelevin, and starring Pavel Tabakov as Rama II, a vampire apprentice, begins training to become a full-fledged vampire. In the film, the image of the goddess Ishtar was copied from Alla Pugacheva, who for several decades was one of the main pop icons of show business in Russia and Eastern Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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