Vanished Empire (Russian: Исчезнувшая империя, romanized: Ischeznuvshaya imperiya) is a 2008 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.
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Plot
The film tells of two guys studying at the same institute and in love with one girl. They do not even suspect that their country will soon fall apart.
Cast
Aleksandr Lyapin as Sergei Narbekov
Lidiya Milyuzina as Lyuda Beletskaya
Egor Baranovskiy as Stepan Molodtsov
Ivan Kupreenko as Kostya Denisov
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Sergei's grandfather
Olga Tumaykina as Sergei's mother
Vladimir Ilyin as Stepan 30 years later
Tatyana Yakovenko as Lyuda's mother
Yanina Kalganova as Katya
Vasiliy Shakhnazarov as Misha (as Vasya Shakhnazarov)
Reception
Critical response
Vanished Empire has an approval rating of 75% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 5.90/10.