1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time

2007 5.1 (49 votes) 2h 15m

Genres

History Drama

Production Companies

Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematograph
Renova-Media
Golden Eagle
Central Partnership
Studio Trite

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time (1612: Хроники смутного времени)

The Tsar is dead. Chaos reigns.

Overview

The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one heir, the Czarina Kseniya Godunova. She has married a Polish military leader who wants to claim the Russian throne in her name so he can rule all of Russia. As the Poles move in on Moscow in an attempt to install the czarina on the throne, Andrei, a serf with a life-long infatuation of the czarina attempts to save her from her brutal Polish husband.