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Robert. A Fortunate Life

6.2199727mMovieDocumentaryHistory

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating…

DirectorAleksandr Sokurov
WriterAleksandr Sokurov
ProducerAndrey Deryabin

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Cast · Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov

ASAleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
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Yes — Robert. A Fortunate Life is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).