Factual error: One of the members of the orchestra is reading off sheet music held together by sticky tape, which is an anachronism.
Russian Ark (2002)
Directed by: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Sergey Dreyden
Factual error: Peter the Great died 32 years before the construction of the Winter Palace had begun and 40 years before the construction of the original "Hermitage" gallery, built for Catherine the Great in 1765 by the French architect Vallin de la Mothe.
The Stranger: Let's proceed with caution. These madmen could eat us.
The Time Traveller: They liked your hair.
The Stranger: Of course, I'm a writer. Writer's always have good hair.
The Time Traveller: Sir. Sir. A pity you're not here with me. You would understand everything. Look. The sea is all around. And we are destined to sail forever, to live forever.
Orbeli: Is something still troubling you? Is it the authorities? They want acorns without oak trees. They are not interested in knowing how to nurture the tree of culture, but it will be their doom if the tree falls. Then there will be nothing left. Can't they understand that?
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