Chinese Tea-Set

January. 03,2000      
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The film is set in 1913 Russia during the celebrations of the Tricentennial Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty. Rich Russian merchants are celebrating their wealth by gambling and playing poker. They are traveling aboard the luxurious cruise liner "St. Nikolai" on Volga river, oblivious to the fact that several gangs of crooks and con-artists are stealing their money in the game. Their target is the wealthiest Russian tycoon Satanovsky.

Anna Samokhina as  Зинаида Волошина
Oleg Yankovskiy as  Дмитрий Петрович Строганов
Sergey Nikonenko as  Арсений Мышко
Vladimir Menshov as  Фрол Аверьянович Сатановский
Sergei Bezrukov as  Николай Сидихин
Sergey Gabrielyan as  Пантелеймон Суматохин
Bohdan Stupka as  Лапшин
Irina Bezrukova as  countess
Maksim Lagashkin as  Официант
Vladimir Episkoposyan as  Абрек

Reviews

BlazeLime
2000/01/03

Strong and Moving!

... more
Mjeteconer
2000/01/04

Just perfect...

... more
Maleeha Vincent
2000/01/05

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

... more
Dana
2000/01/06

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

... more