(RUSSKI KOVCHEG, Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia 2002, 96 min., Russian/subtitles)

Invisible to everyone around him, a filmmaker finds himself in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, where he magically travels through time and sees Catherine the Great, the last Tsar before the revolution, and the last Great Royal ball of 1913. With a dazzling technical tour de force, the camera travels across the museum in a single, uninterrupted shot covering 4,265 feet of galleries, 867 actors, hundred of extras, and three live orchestras.