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An attractive story that highlights and illustrates the glittering Russian aristocratic society of the 19th century following the wars. Here the life of the warrior named Yakovlev, who is able to enter many of the battles, is revealed in the parades of nobles with specific rituals and laws. This old warrior can end the life of the foes in front of him and make a comfortable life by winning those matches while adhering to the laws that the nobles put in the fencing.
A tiresome but meticulously detailed and visually sumptuous Russian melodrama about romance and intrigue amid the nobility in 19th century St. Petersburg.
The look of the movie is still the most appealing thing about it. Whether you watch a film on a giant screen or an iPhone, the format doesn't untangle messy plot threads.
Mizgirev's script is an indigestible, soap-operatic mess of backstories, clichés, and the kind of ambiguous mystic overtones that have become an unbreakable addiction for Russian film.
Writer-director Mizgirev has a sharpshooter's cold pair of eyes. His lens adds an antiseptic quality to the many deaths... It's Fyodorov's performance that communicates the emotional burden of killing.