Fragment of an Empire
Обломок империи
Synopsis
Director Frederick Ermler’s last silent feature and the last of four collaborations with actor Fiodor Nikitin. Nikitin plays an officer who spends a decade after the Great War as a shell-shocked amnesiac, until a glimpse of a woman through a train window sparks the return of his memory. He makes his way back to St. Petersburg, now Leningrad, a man out of time who struggles to make sense of the new society brought about by the revolution.
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FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2018Official
Type: Trailer • Published 2018-09-17
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Fridrikh Ermler
- Screenplay & Story
- Fridrikh Ermler, Ekaterina Vinogradskaya
- Original Title
- Обломок империи
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- No Language
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Production Studios
- Sovkino
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Fridrikh Ermler
Fridrikh Ermler, Ekaterina Vinogradskaya
Yevgeni Shneider
Department Leadership Roster
Fridrikh Ermler
Director
Fridrikh Ermler
Writer
Ekaterina Vinogradskaya
Writer
Yevgeni Shneider
Director of Photography
Evgeny Eney
Production Design
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Public Domain
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What is Fragment of an Empire about?
Director Frederick Ermler’s last silent feature and the last of four collaborations with actor Fiodor Nikitin. Nikitin plays an officer who spends a decade after the Great War as a shell-shocked amnesiac, until a glimpse of a woman through a train window sparks the return of his memory. He makes his way back to St. Petersburg, now Leningrad, a man out of time who struggles to make sense of the new society brought about by the revolution.
Who directed Fragment of an Empire?
Fragment of an Empire was directed by Fridrikh Ermler.
Who stars in Fragment of an Empire?
The principal cast of Fragment of an Empire includes Fyodor Nikitin, Lyudmila Semyonova, Valeri Solovtsov, Emil Gal, Yakov Gudkin.
When was Fragment of an Empire released and how long is it?
Fragment of an Empire was released in 1929 with a total runtime of 1h 50m.