Isn't it sad to hear comments from uneducated unaware n hateful who come from nothing n are still nothing make comments out of ignorance about a world so beautiful n classy that they will never know about n so left w no education n much less class n ignorance(n that's their good points) talk n denegrade out of envy something that is part of history n known about for all to see or learn....so much unlike the ones that comment which no paone will ever care...know about.....or have anything worth mentioning about like roadkill passed on a road n w a sense of pity read the result of their nothingness.
In 1913 Nicholas II held the last Grand Court Ball in this room in the Winter Palace. In 9 months WW I would break out and and everything would start to fall apart. This scene is a recreation, each actor playing a known guest. It is also the first time since that ball that the room was used for dancing.
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A recreation of a ball in 1913? I don’t think so. Those outfits are from the 1820s maybe. Certainly not the Belle Époque. Those outfits would fit with the time period of Alexander the 1st or his brother Nicholas the 1st.
I think you meant the 1903 ball, not 1913, and the 1903 ball was famous for the dictate from the tsar that everyone should wear historical dress from the 17th century. The movies are infamous for screwing up historical facts like this one.
A magnificent scene from an incredible film, all done (supposedly) in a single shot. The end of this scene is yet more amazing, as it shows everyone leaving the ball, along with the perceiver, down the staircases into the street! Amazing stuff. And thank you for posting it!
Absolutely one of the Great Films. I rewatched this last week after too many years and was floored yet again. While the single-take gimmick is the gateway, it’s the fever dream atmosphere and the tours cultural, political, and emotional history that sticks the most. Essential viewing for any serious film fan.
I was so lucky to have visited the Hermitage, going up those magnificent stairs was amazing !!! That ballroom was exquisite. I watched the movie before I went on the trip, so I already had a sense of having been there. The ballroom scene from War and Peace, a Russian movie, was more accurate in its description. Seen in Entrance of Alexander. One fail in both movies: the Russian aristocracy didn’t speak Russian, only French, English, German. Never Russian.
After the war with Napoleon, it was forbidden to speak French for a while, and therefore people switched to Russian. In general, Pushkin glorified the Russian language and improved it, so your words are complete nonsense.
If I am reading IMDB correctly, this music is Mazurka (from opera "A Life For The Tsar") Music by Mikhail Glinka Performed by Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Conducted by Valery Gergiev
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Love this scene, but skip to 5:17 to see Sergey Yentushenko conducting in a beautiful style the catchy music from opera "Life for the Tsar", Act 11, "Masurka". download able from itunes (was #10). Enjoyed the foreign film.Russian Ark.
It’s not in this clip. This clip cuts off right before it happens. Look at this clip instead at 9:38 mark ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nEFITDTTH3g.html
The lovely element is that the scene is a combination of all the eras we’ve seen throughout the film. We have 1700’s, 1800’s and 1900’s costumes and styles. Notice the orchestra is 20th Century costuming and hairstyles. The partiers have gowns, modern tuxedos, and military uniforms straight from the 19th Century. It’s a delightful and thrilling way of eschewing dialogue in favor of musical and visual storytelling.
All the male attendees in full uniform are officers and considered gentlemen. Most are landed gentry at least, many aristocrats. Any household worth consideration would employ a dance master to teach the young ones. If they had risen from the ranks their officer training would have included manners, etiquette and dance.
Что-то с трудом верится, что это Россия. В России такое фамильярное поднятие дамы в начале ролика невозможно: это дама, а не проститутка. И поцелуи в обществе могли быть только в руку и на почтительном расстоянии. Не пойму, кто снимал? Не помню, что кто-то из наших режиссёров. Наверняка, фильм иностранный, иностранцы не способны понять, то что для нас - норма. Хотя, возможно, фильм - комедийный, не отражающий реальную историю. Тогда в фильме возможно всё и любое искажение реальности.
the ball is the last ball ever held in the Winter Palace. It's just that the film features vignettes from Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas I, Nicholas II, WWII, & the modern period, so that some fashions got mixed in the final scene
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I don't know the interior architectural and logistical "choreography" of the Winter Palace: from which room had the ball room guests been coming from prior to entering the ball room ? I ask this question as the ball room atmosphere in this video seems to me rather "dry" and "uncomfortable": no tables around with chairs for people to "rest" between dances, no cocktail tables where to be served a glass of champagne or to put down their glasses. No servants to be seen anywhere either... I guess the filmmakers knew, did they not, that communism may have turned whole populations into slaves, but that well-trained slaves of Russia (or supporting actors in this case) do not make qualified servants by a long shot. At least the movie company should have been able to hire as many as the Tsar would have had at his disposal for this job in 1913.
The rest of the comment beats all ignorance levels so I will just leave it unanswered: I can’t fix stupid. Just have a diet coke with a giant pizza and watch another Hollywood movie, that’s obviously your main source of education.
