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Mathilde

2017 · 130 min

A sumptuous, emotionally charged historical romance that sweeps you into imperial intrigue and ballet's grandeur, with a bittersweet undertow.

Directed by: Alexey Uchitel
Genres: History, Drama, Romance
Starring: Michalina Olszańska, Lars Eidinger, Luise Wolfram

Tagline: Love That Changed An Empire
Overview: It portrays the memories of Matilda Kshesinskaya and her love affair with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Matilda, a Polish-born ballerina from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, had a brief and intense romance with Nicholas between 1892 and 1894, before Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna and was crowned Tsar after his father's death. It also explores their relationship, facing societal pressures and interference from Nicholas's mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna, as well as Matilda's involvement with other members of the imperial family, the Romanovs, such as Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich.

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Directed by: Alexey Uchitel
Genres: History, Drama, Romance
Starring: Michalina Olszańska, Lars Eidinger, Luise Wolfram

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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
power
betrayal
grief
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	8
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: history, drama, romance
Directed by: Alexey Uchitel
Written by: Alexander Terekhov, Michael Katims
Starring: Michalina Olszańska, Lars Eidinger, Luise Wolfram, Danila Kozlovsky, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Sergey Garmash, Evgeny Mironov, Grigoriy Dobrygin
Music: Marco Beltrami
Cinematography: Yury Klimenko
Runtime: 130 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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