The Presidential Library to present a film about the last Russian emperor’s children
The Presidential Library’s regular сinema сlub meeting will take place on March 30, 2021 at 16:00. The cinema club's program includes screening of the documentary Blank Pages, which tells about the fate of Nicholas II’s children, the Grand Duchesses and the Tsarevich, through the prism of historical documents, diaries and personal letters of the heroes.
Blank Pages for me, - says the scriptwriter and director of the film Maria Popritsak, - is a very personal and human story. Despite the fact that people of unusual destiny and destiny became its object, I still focus not on the symbolic meaning of the royal family for Russian culture, but primarily on the human component. In the center of the film are Nicholas II’s children: their emotions, hopes, destinies. It was very important for me to “shake off the dust” from this topic and bring the heroes of the film closer to the modern audience. There are no historical comments or other assessments in the film. The film Blank Pages is a heartfelt story about the eternal conflict of tenderness and cruelty, reality and hopes".
The film was shot at the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio in 2020.
The event will be broadcasted live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section, in the Presidential Library's cinema club group on the VKontakte social network and on the institution's YouTube channel.
The cinema club meeting will take place in the Presidential Library at the address: Senate Square, 3. Please confirm your personal presence before 10:00, March 29, by phone: 305-16-35; +7 921 94-16-13 or by e-mail: smolina@prlib.ru, Elena Viktorovna Smolina.
Accreditation of media representatives is until 14:00 March 29, 2021.
Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, pechnikova@prlib.ru Tatyana Pechnikova, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 534; mob. +7 921 998-06-78.
The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.
We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.
Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.
In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.