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Early in this film, a woman watches an extravagant dance production accompanied by an orchestra, before the camera pans to show a nearly empty audience. In one scene in this film, the camera moves through ranks of onlooking soldiers as a prince offers a formal apology on behalf of the Shah of Persia. In this film, five young sisters peer through a crack in a door before joyfully running down a long hallway together. (*) This film concludes with the protagonist watching a horde of guests leave a grand ball (10[1])before he looks out into the River Neva. This film is shot entirely from the first-person point of view of an unnamed narrator, played by the director, who converses with “the European” about art and Russian national identity while wandering through a museum. For 10 points, name this Alexander Sokurov film, consisting of a single unedited take shot inside the Hermitage. ■END■

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