Archangel (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jon Jones

Writers:

Robert Harris (novel)
Dick Clement (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 January 2006 (Estonia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A British college professor working in Russia investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.

Plot Keywords:

Russia | Murder | College Professor | Prostitute | Travel

Cast

Daniel Craig	...	Prof. Fluke Kelso
Yekaterina Rednikova	...	Zinaida Rapava
Gabriel Macht	...	R.J. O'Brian
Lev Prygunov	...	Vladimir Mamantov
Alexey Diakov	...	Suvorin
Harry Ditson	...	Frank Adelman
Tanya Moodie	...	Velma
Avtandil Makharadze	...	Josef Stalin
Anna Gerasimova	...	Anna
Claudia Harrison	...	Louise
Kaspars Zvigulis	...	Young Papu Rapava
Valery Chernyak	...	Old Papu Rapava
Aurelija Anuzhite	...	Olga
Ziedonis Lochmelis	...	Viktor
Jakov Rafalson	...	Moscow Official (as Yakov Rafalson)

Runtime:

Japan:133 min | 124 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

BBC Drama Group

Trivia:

Icon Productions originally held the film rights to the novel, with intentions to develop it as a Mel Gibson vehicle for the big screen.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Kelso is released from the police station he is given a ride by the Russian intelligence. You can clearly see that he is getting into black BMW 5 series (e-39) but in the next shot he is getting out from a black BMW 7 series (e-38).

Quotes:

Fluke Kelso: You should do that more often.
Zinaida: What?
Fluke Kelso: Laugh.

Old new Russia

Travel in past. A new old Russia and its ghosts, mysteries and a hansom professor. A kind of Da Vinci code, soft, nice and with some drops of tension. Stalin and his shadow. A son and a dark legacy. A notebook and the lost life of a young girl. Nostalgics and Secret Services. Pieces of a thriller. Nothing new, in fact. Superficial, like any East story in the eyes of an American, half -truth and classic recipes. Victory of good guy and the failure of evil. But interesting in that case are the roots. Russia is a mystery, part of its history and Bovary's land. His dreams are fruits of an one era. The leaders are masks of a single Master. The present is more small for the desire to be a Power.And the time - a notebook of a young girl lost in an era's memory.