Admiral (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Andrei Kravchuk

Writers:

Zoya Coudrie (co-writer)
Vladimir Valutsky (writer)

Release Date:

9 October 2008 (Armenia)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Tagline:

"Vysshiy sostav" ("The Highest Command")

Plot:

This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia.

Plot Keywords:

Admiral | One Word Title | White Army | Sea Mine | Russian Revolution

Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Admiral
Elizaveta Boyarskaya	...	Anna
Sergey Bezrukov	...	General Kappel
Vladislav Vetrov	...	Sergey Timirev
Anna Kovalchuk	...	Sofia
Egor Beroev	...	Mikhail Smirnov
Richard Bohringer	...	General Zhannen
Oleg Fomin	...	Nikolay Podgurskiy
Anatoliy Pashinin	...	Rostislav Ognivtsev
Dmitriy Shcherbina	...	Vladimir Rybaltovskiy
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Kerenskiy
Aleksandr Klyukvin	...	Premer-minister Pepelyaev
Fyodor Bondarchuk	...	Kinorezhisser Sergey Fyodorovich
Nikolay Burlyaev	...	Imperator
Olga Ostroumova

Also Known As:

Адмиралъ (Russia)
The Admiral (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian | French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Omsk, Siberia, Russia

Company:

Film Direction

Trivia:

The title uses old Russian orthography, abandoned after the October Socialist Revolution of 1917.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Admiral Kolchak is addressing his troops in November 1918 at the Eastern Front, a variety of flags can be seen in the background, including an American flag that clearly has nine rows of stars. All American flags of this period had just six rows of stars; the US flag didn't contain more than six rows of stars until 1959, when on January 3 a seventh row was added to recognize Alaska's entry into the union, and on August 21 the stars were rearranged in nine rows in recognition of Hawaii's entry.

For love is strong as death...

But if I am still alive

Counter to destiny

That's only as your love

And memory of you

Ana Timireva

"Your smile that I will never forget, your voice, your hands are the symbol of the highest award for me which can give me life for performance of the greatest aim, military idea, debt and the obligations sent by the severe and unshakable nature of war…" These words full of love, emotions and fear to lose his beloved woman were written by Admiral Kolchak to Anna Timireva. She was a married woman with a son, he had wife and son too. Anna was younger than Admiral in 19 years but love does not have borders and they both understood it. He wasn't the handsomest of men and besides he was a soldier and patriot dedicated to the army and to the country. But she was the real princess: young, clever and gorgeous. They seemed to be just ordinary people but their amazing love story and tragic destiny made them legends.

"Admiral" is that type of movies that you watch on one breath and when it ends you don't need to speak with your friends and share your thoughts about the film. It is something extraordinary that you keep deep inside your heart. You are nearly crying as if it was your own life and your sufferings. This is the power of that movie. First of all, you will be impressed with the actors' transformation. Konstantyn Habensky as Admiral Kolchak is exactly the man from that epoch. Fearless, brave and strong person with so many contradictions that finally led him to his death. Habensky has previously worked with Elizaveta Boyarskaya in "Irony of Fate 2" but in this picture they are more natural and real as a duet.

Historical dramas are for sure one of the most hardest genre. The duty of actors is to make audience believe that you are that Man or that Woman from specific century and era. In "Admiral" Elizaaveta Boyarskaya did a fantastic job. She did a hundred times better than she did in "Irony of Fate" Maybe it's because "Irony" was just a sequel of the famous Soviet film. But Anna in "Admiral" is definitely her role that she played with fidelity and grace.

I also want to say few words about the music. The original score is fantastic. And the title song "Anna" which was a poem written by Anna Timireva and dedicated to Kolchak sounds so touching. Just listen to it and you will understand how strong this woman were. Singer Victoria Dayneko performed it perfectly and her voice is amazing.

Admiral was killed in February 7, 1920. Anna Timireva spent most of her life in prisons and camps. She died in 1975. As she said she had been with Admiral only for two years. But she never stopped loving him even after his death.