Francofonia

10
1h 27m
2015
6.576 /10 (79)

An elegy for Europe

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.

Country : France, Germany, Netherlands
Languages : English, Français, Deutsch, Pусский
Released Date: 2015-11-11

Top Billed Cast

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Jacques Jaujard

Vincent Nemeth

Napoléon Bonaparte

Benjamin Utzerath

Franz Wolff-Metternich

Jean-Claude Caër

Johanna Korthals Altes

Marianne

Aleksandr Sokurov

(voice)

François Smesny

(voice)

Peter Lontzek

(voice)

Andrey Chelpanov

Catherine Limbert

La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard

Léolo

Groom service

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