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      Admiral

      2008 2h 4m History Drama Romance War List
      Reviews 60% 250+ Ratings Audience Score During the Russian Revolution, a naval officer (Konstantin Khabenskiy) falls in love with the wife (Elizaveta Boyarskaya) of his colleague. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A well done movie about the Russian civil war and the heroic attempt of admiral kolchak to defeat the red army. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member It could have made a decent film, but the poor acting brings it down. Boyarskaya is passable, but Khabenski is simply horrendous. And this is without going into the historical side of things - portraying Kolchak as a paragon of nobility and patriotism is... problematic, to say the least. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member For what was until recently the biggest budget Russian film of all time, it is a suitably grand and opulent affair, and (a cynic would say) a conscious attempt by the nationalist post-Soviet Russia to rehabilitate what 'heroes' could be found in the leadership of the White Army (who were largely reactionary aristocrats, albeit patriotic ones). This message of strong, duty bound, Russia is backed up with the sort of huge Orthodox overtones that have come to dominate the conservative right in Russia. Technically though, the story is decent, as are the scenes of battle, though every now and then the CGI team bite off a bit more than they can chew and that does rankle a bit. - Those CGI battleships just aren't as convincing as a model would have been! - The real problem is that it's too long and too melodramatic. One can tell that the makers were betting as much on selling this as a 'grand Russian film made by Russians' as they were 'a good film', and this means they coasted a bit when it came to script editing. The end result is an acceptable but forgettable Russian effort at a war-drama, which has enough atmosphere to keep history buffs interested and enough of a drawn out romance to engage those who aren't paying attention to the Czechoslovak Legion's uniforms. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Epic romances such as Dr Zhivago Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit over-sympathetic to Kolchak, but still a solid representation of a too often forgot event in history. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member interesting biopic about admiral Kolchak, involving WW1, the russian revolution & civil war,centred around his Affair with Anna Vasilyevna Timiryova - both were married at the time.good battle scenes Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film If you like epic romances such as Dr Zhivago, this provides a decent story of will they/won't they love, although its all rather U certificate. Rated: 3/5 Feb 4, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis During the Russian Revolution, a naval officer (Konstantin Khabenskiy) falls in love with the wife (Elizaveta Boyarskaya) of his colleague.
      Director
      Andrey Kravchuk
      Screenwriter
      Zoya Kudrya, Vladimir Valutskiy
      Genre
      History, Drama, Romance, War
      Original Language
      Russian
      Runtime
      2h 4m