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Empire (1986 film)

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Empire
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byLucille Fletcher (play)
Alexander Sokurov
StarringAlla Osipenko
Ilya Rivin
CinematographySergei Sidorov
Edited byL. Semenova
L. Volkova
N. Alexandrovna
Music byGiuseppe Verdi
Distributed byLenfilm
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
35 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Empire (Russian: Ампир, translit. Ampir; from French: empire) is a short film directed by Alexander Sokurov, released in 1986. The movie is based on a play by Lucille Fletcher.

Background

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Empire was inspired by Lucille Fletcher's radio drama Sorry, Wrong Number. For the film, Sokurov, as often, selected a single motif from the work of inspiration – in this case, it was the sickness of a woman.

It was produced as the graduation work of S. Sidorov from the VGIK. At that time Sokurov was not allowed to work on his own films, and saw this as an opportunity to continue work in the field.

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