Editing Russian Ark (section)

== Reception ==

=== Box office ===

''Russian Ark'' is a German-Russian co-production. The film grossed $3,048,997 in the United States and Canada, with $5,641,171 internationally, for a worldwide total of $8,690,168.<ref name="mojo">{{mojo title|russianark|Russian Ark}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
''Russian Ark'' received high critical acclaim. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 89% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 109 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The consensus review summary reads, "As successful as it is ambitious, ''Russian Ark'' condenses three centuries of Russian history into a single, uninterrupted, 87-minute take."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/russian_ark |title=Russian Ark (2002) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has an 86/100 rating based on 32 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/russian-ark |title=Russian Ark Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "Apart from anything else, this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen.... [T]he effect of the unbroken flow of images (experimented with in the past by directors like Hitchcock and [[Max Ophüls]]) is uncanny. If cinema is sometimes dreamlike, then every edit is an awakening. ''Russian Ark'' spins a daydream made of centuries."<ref name="Roger Ebert">{{cite web | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=Russian Ark | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030131/REVIEWS/301310304/1023 | access-date=1 August 2008}}</ref>

''[[Slant Magazine]]'' ranked the film 84th in its list of the best films of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/best-of-the-aughts-film/216/page_2|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|access-date=10 February 2010|title=Best of the Aughts: Film|date=7 February 2010}}</ref> In a critics' and readers' poll by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine, it was voted the 358th greatest film of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/27.asp |title=Empire Features |website=www.empireonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012103416/http://www.empireonline.com/500/27.asp |archive-date=2011-10-12}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
''Russian Ark'' received the Visions Award at the [[2002 Toronto International Film Festival]], a Special Citation at the [[2003 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards]] and the 2004 [[Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film]] from the [[Argentine Film Critics Association]]; it was also nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]], the Golden Hugo at the 2002 [[Chicago International Film Festival]] and the 2004 [[Nika Award]] for Best Film. In addition, Alexander Sokurov was named Best Director at [[Fancine]] in 2003 and was nominated for the 2002 [[European Film Award for Best Director]]. Cinematographer Tilman Büttner was also nominated for various awards for his work on the film, including a [[European Film Award for Best Cinematographer]] and a German Camera Award.