Poor, Poor Pavel
2003, Russian. Directed by Vitaliy Melnikov.
Lenfilm's most recent major production spins a kind of historical fantasy based on real incidents that's full of ominous implications for today. One night, a patrol rushes into the chambers of the Russian prince Pavel, son of the Empress Catherine; the Empress has died, and Pavel is to be anointed the new Tsar. Thought to be feeble-minded at best and crazy at worst, Pavel soon lives up to his enemies' fears: he dismisses long-serving courtiers, demands that peasants only work three days a week, and declares that state officials should start their days at 5 am. Soon, it seems that everyone who can is trying to hatch some kind of plot against him - including his own sons. Sumptuously designed, POOR POOR PAVEL constrasts the imperial splendor of the court with the sordid atmosphere of conspiracies and backstabbing that comes to define these characters' lives.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Vitaliy MelnikovDirector
- Viktor SukhorukovEmperor Pavel the First
- Oleg YankovskyCount Palen
- Oksana MysinaEmpress Mariya Fyodorovna
- Aleksey BarabashAleksandr
- Anna MolchanovaYelizaveta
- Yulia MavrinaLopukhina
- Igor ShibanovKutaisov
- Yevgeni KarpovKonstantin
- Vadim LobanovBezborodko
- Vera KarpovaBaroness Livsi
- Aleksandr GrigoryantsBrenna
- Dmitriy SutyrinYashvil
Details
- Released
- 21 June 2003
- Original title
- Бедный, бедный Павел
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Vitaliy Melnikov
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Poor, Poor Pavel: quick answers
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Watch The Royal Hunt (1990) and Tsarevich Aleksey (1996) first.
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Poor, Poor Pavel runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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Poor, Poor Pavel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 June 2003. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Poor, Poor Pavel?
If you liked Poor, Poor Pavel, try The Nest, Hardball, The Young One.
Who directed Poor, Poor Pavel?
Poor, Poor Pavel (2003) was directed by Vitaliy Melnikov and stars Viktor Sukhorukov, Oleg Yankovsky, Oksana Mysina.