EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

marivic Didn't expect this movie to be good, but it is! Watched it now for the second time.. reminded me of the Mount of Monte Christo, but had its twists of its own... at the beginning it was unclear which motives Jakovlev had, but throughout the flashbacks his story was well explained..

warriorprincess-47180 I don't have nothing to add. It is absolutely amazing movie.

whatithinkis A lush (but visually repetitive), naive, confusing and frequently tiresome, story about the 19th-century Czarist Russian Aristocracy solely from the perspective of violent duels to maintain honor. Peter Fedorov is the Russian Colin Farrell in a stunning similarity. Kept expecting him to speak Russian with an Irish accent. Teensy tiny bit of a love story . . . totally hokey, straight out of 1955. This is barely watchable.

Larry Silverstein Set in 19th century Imperial Russia, this quite violent Russian film stars Pyotr Fyodorov, who gives a powerful performance as the mysterious Yakovlev. He's only been in the city of St. Petersburg for several months but has already killed 5 men as a duelist (comparable in a way to a Wild West gunslinger). Only slowly do we learn of his motivations, and it's only towards the very end of the movie that all is revealed.To note, I thought some of the plot elements could be rather obtuse and difficult to follow at times. The settings and cinematography are exquisite and I really got the sense that I was right there in 19th century Russia.All in all, if you don't mind the violence or some of the cloudy plot elements, this movie can be a reasonably decent watch, especially if you like dark and intense foreign dramas.