Six Degrees of Celebration 1914

"There hasn't been a Christmas tree like this for 100 years."

2014 1h 46m RU

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 47

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Synopsis

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100 years ago, the Russian Empire ... Christmas Eve. December plugs, holiday celebrations, balls and modest luxury holidays, titled nobles and ordinary peasants, the royal family and the soldiers of the First World War, progressive poets and the first skaters - everything was different, except ... the holiday. People prepared, lived, believed dreaming and waiting for this miracle - Christmas!

“There hasn't been a Christmas tree like this for 100 years.”

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Cast

Sergey Svetlakov
Evgeny
Ivan Urgant
Boris
Aleksandr Golovin
Dima
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Narrator (voice)
Alexandr Domogarov
Grisha
Katerina Shpitsa
Liza
Aleksandr Polovtsev
Komendant
Mariya Poroshina
Shveya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Aleksey Kazakov, Anna Matison, Aleksey Slapovskiy
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Six Degrees of Celebration Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, shot by Sergey Trofimov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuriy Poteenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mariya Likhacheva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sergey Svetlakov and Ivan Urgant and Aleksandr Golovin carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Timur Bekmambetov directs. Sergey Trofimov behind the camera. Yuriy Poteenko scores. Mariya Likhacheva cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.
3Released 12 years ago.
4Part of the "Six Degrees of Celebration Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, shot by Sergey Trofimov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Yuriy Poteenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mariya Likhacheva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sergey Svetlakov and Ivan Urgant and Aleksandr Golovin carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "There hasn't been a Christmas tree like this for 100 years.".
10IMDB entry: tt3877844 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 47 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.