Paul I
Павел I
Director Natalia Kovalyova staged the play based on her own version, created on the basis of the works by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Evgeny Simonov, supplementing them with scenes of her owns: an imaginary meeting of the emperor with his mother, Catherine II.
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Alexander Oleshko plays the role of the "Russian Hamlet". The scenery and costumes are made according to sketches by the chief artist of the Vakhtangov Theater, Maxim Obrezkov.
Actors
Paul I
Aleksandr Oleshko
Catherine II
Irina Dymchenko
Alexander
Constantine
Vitaliy Ivanov
Count Pahlen
Igor Kartashyov
Maria Fyodorovna
Elena Sotnikova
Elisabeth
Darya Shcherbakova
Anna Gagarina
Maria Rival
Golitsyn
Evgeniy Karelskikh
Volkova
Natalya Moleva
Shcherbatova
Irina Kalistratova
Liven
Olga Gavrilyuk
Rodgerson
Mikhail Vaskov
Benigsen
Aleksandr Ryshchenkov
Bibikov
Andrey Zaretskiy
Kutaysov
Karen Oveyan
Talyzin
Evgeniy Kravchenko
Tutolmin
Danila Gnido
Skaryatin
Eyub Faradzhev
Platon Zubov
Sergey Baryshev
Nikolay Zubov
Aleksandr Galochkin
Titov
Semyon Arzumanov
Yashvil
Grigoriy Zdorov
Crew
Stage Director
Natalya Kovalyova
Musical arrangement
Klavdiya Tarabrina
Lighting designer
Ruslan Mayorov
Make up
Olga Kalyavina
Sound Director
Daniil Gubarev
Video Director
Konstantin Kuts
The story of Paul I is a very Russian story, turbulent, contradictory. His personality – an extraordinary man, inquisitive, educated, witty, capable of poetic improvisation and at the same time painfully proud, nervous – cannot leave anyone indifferent…
Language
Russian
Runtime
2 hours 18 minutes, TBC
2024
16+
Stills
.JPG "© Владимир Кашицин")
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