Nov 11, 2015
87 min
Full-HD

Francofonia (2015)

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

Category

Drama History

Country

France Germany Netherlands

Companies

MEDIA Programme of the European Union ARTE France Cinéma Eurimages Idéale Audience Zero One Film Film- und Medienstiftung NRW Musée du Louvre Netherlands Fund for Film CNC German Film Fund

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Jacques Jaujard

Vincent Nemeth

Napoléon Bonaparte

Benjamin Utzerath

Franz Wolff-Metternich

Jean-Claude Caër

Johanna Korthals Altes

Marianne

Aleksandr Sokurov

(voice)

François Smesny

(voice)

Peter Lontzek

(voice)

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