Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- solemn
- melancholic
- romantic
- historical drama night
- war film marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Kolchak fights the Bolsheviks while seeking to bring back Czarist rule during the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
Kolchak falls in love with Anna, the wife of his close friend, while both are surrounded by military and political upheaval.
Kolchak’s identity as a war hero and military leader is placed in tension with his love for Anna and his changing political destiny.
The film reconstructs early twentieth-century Russia through military campaigns, naval imagery, period costumes, and revolutionary-era settings.
Films like Admiral, and why
Doctor Zhivago
historical war drama centered on a military leader amid revolutionary upheaval and national collapse
Gone with the Wind
romantic historical epic balancing forbidden love with civil conflict and political transformation
The Last Samurai
biographical war drama portraying a commander’s personal loyalties against a violent revolutionary backdrop
Burnt by the Sun
Russian historical drama about revolution, divided loyalties, and intimate lives caught in political catastrophe
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrey Kravchuk
- Release Date
- 2008-06-06
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (172)
Cast
- Konstantin Khabenskiy
- Elizaveta Boyarskaya
- Sergey Bezrukov
- Anna Kovalchuk
- Egor Beroev
- Richard Bohringer
- Oleg Fomin
- Anatoliy Pashinin
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy
- Aleksandr Klyukvin
Common questions
- What is Admiral about?
- A Russian admiral’s forbidden love and doomed campaign to restore the monarchy unfold against the convulsions of revolution and civil war.
- What is Admiral like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Admiral as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Admiral violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Admiral as brutal.
- Which films are like Admiral?
- Films with a similar feel include Doctor Zhivago, Gone with the Wind, The Last Samurai, and Burnt by the Sun.
- How long is Admiral?
- Admiral runs 123 minutes.
