Sluga Gosudarev

2007
2h 11m

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At the beginning of the 18th century, king of France exiles two duelists from the state: one to Russia and another to Sweden, which are at war.At the beginning of the 18th century, king of France exiles two duelists from the state: one to Russia and another to Sweden, which are at war.At the beginning of the 18th century, king of France exiles two duelists from the state: one to Russia and another to Sweden, which are at war.

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5.8/10

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6/10

decent movie, poor DVD quality

Anyone who has enjoyed the "Sharpe" series would probably enjoy this film. It is a fairly well done period piece with lots of action and a modern directorial and editing style. The film, however, lacks any meaningful character development and the movie suffers as a result. If the film was a bit longer perhaps this problem could have been remedied. I suspect a lot of the film was cut to get it under a 2 hour running time. The production values are good and the battle sequence at the end is well done. Unfortunately, the DVD I obtained (the international version) was not well done. The picture is letterboxed and not anamorphic and there are visible compression artifacts through the entire film. This is a real shame as it appears a good deal of work was put into composing and lighting many of the shots and all of this work cannot be fully appreciated with the poor video quality.

james-2634
Feb 10, 2008
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Trivia
One of the many period sets was a detailed and historically accurate recreation of a small 18th-century Ukrainian village, which was designed and built from the ground up in a field in the countryside. Other notable full-size, historically accurate sets designed and built for the film were an 18th-century Polish inn and a 22,000 square-foot reproduction of King Louis XIV's Court at Versailles.

Goofs
Throughout the movie, soldiers are shown turning their heads just before firing muskets (presumably to avoid the flash from the priming pan). Soldiers would have always been trained to aim while firing muskets.