介绍：一名当代电影人与另一个来自19世纪的法国外交官（Sergei Dontsov 饰）发现自己置身于圣彼得堡的一座古老的宫殿中，周围的人完全看不到他们两人结伴在宫殿中徘徊，见证了暴怒的彼得大帝用鞭子抽打他的将军；凯瑟琳女皇的私人生活；革命前夕末代沙皇一家最后的晚餐以及1913年最后一场辉煌盛大的宫廷舞会。短短100分钟内，亲身经历了俄国200多年的历史……　　本片荣获2004年阿根廷影展最佳外语片奖、2003年德国相机奖剧情片荣誉奖、2003年西班牙奇幻电影奖最佳男主角（Sergei Dontsov），最佳剧本和最佳导演、2004年尼卡奖最佳美术指导、2003年旧金山影评人协会荣誉奖、2002年多伦多国际电影节视觉奖。

介绍：“It is a film from an extended series. It is hard to say who is the main character of “The Soviet Elegy.” There are more than a hundred faces of our compatriots. But, of course, it is not by chance that it is the destiny of a famous political figure, Boris Nikolayevitch Yeltsin, that bears a special accent in the film. Though he got to power following quite typical ways, his uncommon character puts him out of the ordinary, and in the author’s opinion it may be determined by his uncommon human nature. Our hero exists within the tragic pattern of the soviet socialist life. He is a character of a drama, of which he is one of the authors. “The Soviet Elegy” can hardly be called a documentary film in the proper sense. Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of chronology, but he insists on an artistic mode of thinking, not on a political or historical investigation.”