The new film "The Archipelago" directed by Alexei Telnov is based on the real dramatic events of the Russian-Swedish scientific expedition to determine the size of the globe. The exact release date and trailer for The Archipelago (2019) are expected in 2020, but the actors and plot are already known, and footage from the set is available.
Russia
Genre:drama, melodrama
Producer:Alexey Telnov
Release in Russia:2020
Cast:A. Merzlikin, D. Palamarchuk, A. Shevchenkov, M. Petrenko, A. Nekrasov, S. Barkovsky, E. Lyamin
The film will be released with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Geographical Society, and the Association of Polar Explorers.
Plot
The film tells about the feat of Russian scientists at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, who are sent to Spitsbergen as part of a Russian-Swedish expedition to obtain data on the real size and shape of the planet Earth. Until the middle of the 20th century, the model of the globe, calculated by the Russian astronomer A.S. Vasiliev, was the only world standard of its kind. In the film, viewers will find not only a story about the ambitious task of fearless scientists, survival in the deadly conditions of the Arctic, but also a love story.
Filming
Director - Alexey Telnov ("Sea Buckthorn Summer", "Anatomy of Treason", "Tomorrow Morning", "Insight", "How to Become a Bitch", "Legends of St. Petersburg. Key of Time"), who also produces the project.
Film crew:
- Screenplay: Mikhail Malakhov, A. Telnov;
- Producer: A. Telnov;
- Operator: Ivan Makarov ("Guardian Angel", "Superfluous", "Second First Love");
- Artists: Vladimir Yuzhakov ("NLS Agency", "Lines of Fate", "Personal Circumstances"), Tatiana Makarova ("Dark Night", "The Snow Queen").
Production: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio.
The script for the film was written with the participation of Mikhail Malakhov, director of the Polar Meridian project. It was his team who managed to repeat the route in 2014-2016, having covered the entire path of a scientific expedition in degree measurement and in fact repeated the feat of Russian scientists who set up a polar experiment in 1898-1902. The results of their work were sent to the international commission of UNESCO.
Actors
The film starred:
- Andrey Merzlikin ("Russian Game", "Swing", "Hydraulics", "Stories");
- Dmitry Palamarchuk - Vasiliev ("Fifth blood group", "Leningrad 46", "Alien", "Nevsky");
- Alexey Shevchenkov (Dead Field, 72 Hours, Voroshilovsky Shooter, Three Stories);
- Marina Petrenko ("Quest", "Only you", "Split", "Thaw");
- Andrey Nekrasov (28 Panfilov's men, Thirst, Five Minutes of Silence, Military Intelligence: Northern Front);
- Sergei Barkovsky ("Gangster Petersburg 2: Lawyer", "Foundling", "House Arrest");
- Evgeny Lyamin - Helge ("Kupchino", "Wings of the Empire", "Execution cannot be pardoned").
Interesting about the film
Did you know that:
- The initiator of the creation of the painting is Mikhail Malakhov, chairman of the Ryazan regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society and curator of the Polar Meridian project.
The trailer for the film "Archipelago" (2019) with a release date in 2020 has not yet been released, the plot and footage from the filming with famous actors have already been announced. Stay tuned for updates and find out about the exact date of the premiere in Russia of a dramatic historical film about the feat of Russian scientists.
