Mizgirev clearly chose this period in which to tell his story because it was ripe with irony. Here, we saw the Russian nobility swimming in opulence but engaging in a sort of cannibalism by way of ...

It’s a pity that certain epochs tend to get relegated to polite, slightly stuffy “Masterpiece Theater” terrain in screen translation. But if the alternative is something as strained as “The Duelist” — ...

"You've died so many times. You will never die again." Well, this looks crazy cool. Sony Pictures Russia has debuted a trailer for a big-budget Russian adventure movie called The Duelist, directed by ...

Not to be confused with Ridley Scott’s 1977 filmThe Duellists, Alexey Mizgirev’s film revolves around one tough yet dashing duelist. Set during the 19th century, it’s a Russian variation on Les ...

The distributor expects that the film will set a record for the highest-grossing Russian movie in China. By Vladimir Kozlov China’s Sea & Shell Film Ltd. has picked up the Russian movie Duelyant (The ...

The film "Duelist" (2005) starring Kang Dong-won, Ha Ji-won and Ahn Sung-ki, directed by Lee Myung-se, and produced by Production M will be shown in France and Japan. The film will be screened in ...

Two next-generation hallyu stars, actor Kang Dong-won and actress Ha Ji-won, gave a press interview at the Teikoku Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo on Apr. 17 to promote the film "Duelist" (2005) produced by ...

It’s a pity that certain epochs tend to get relegated to polite, slightly stuffy “Masterpiece Theater” terrain in screen translation. But if the alternative is something as strained as “The Duelist” — ...

An army veteran who makes his living settling duels for aristocrats in 19th-century Russia is the protagonist of this large-format feature. Aleksey Mizgirev directed. In Russian and German with ...

It’s a pity that certain epochs tend to get relegated to polite, slightly stuffy “Masterpiece Theater” terrain in screen translation. But if the alternative is something as strained as “The Duelist” — ...