Vanished Empire
2008, Russian. Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.
This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and face their first disappointments and victories. While busy with personal lives and loves, they miss foreseeing that the country in which they were born and live will soon disappear from the map.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Karen ShakhnazarovDirector
- Aleksandr LyapinSergei Narbekov
- Lidiya MilyuzinaLyuda Beletskaya
- Egor BaranovskyStepan Molodtsov
- Ivan KupreyenkoKostya Denisov
- Vladimir IlinStepan 30 years later
- Tatyana YakovenkoLyuda's mother
- Armen DzhigarkhanyanДедушка Сергея
- Velimir RusakovCast
- Vasiliy ShakhnazarovCast
- Olga TumaykinaCast
- Olga KovalyovaCast
- Stanislav EventovCast
Details
- Released
- 14 February 2008
- Original title
- Исчезнувшая империя
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Sergey Rokotov, Evgeniy Nikishov
- Box office
- $1.5M
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Vanished Empire runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Which OTT platform is Vanished Empire on?
Vanished Empire isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Vanished Empire?
If you liked Vanished Empire, try Not Easily Broken, Dot the I, Forever First Love.
Who directed Vanished Empire?
Vanished Empire (2008) was directed by Karen Shakhnazarov and stars Aleksandr Lyapin, Lidiya Milyuzina, Egor Baranovsky.