In a titanic exercise in planning, this over five-hour film, shot in a single take, travels the halls of the Russian Hermitage Museum, displaying its overwhelming art collection.
The film's director is Axinya Gog and has a soundtrack that includes music (in order of appearance) by Anton Schwarz, MUJUICE, Katushiro Oguri, Gabriel Prokofievy and Kirill Richter.
Wikipedia says:
The Hermitage Museum (in Russian Эрмитаж, ermitazh, from the French hermitage, "hermitage", "hermit's refuge") 2 in St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of the largest art galleries and museums of antiquities in the world . The museum's collection occupies a complex consisting of six buildings located on the banks of the Neva River, the most important of which is the Winter Palace, the official residence of the former Tsars.
The rest of the architectural ensemble consists of five buildings, including the Menshikov Palace, the General Staff Building, and an outdoor storage area.
The museum was formed with the private collection that the tsars acquired for several centuries, and only in 1917 was it declared a State Museum.
Its collection, consisting of over three million pieces, ranges from Roman and Greek antiquities, to Western European paintings and sculptures, Eastern art, archaeological pieces, Russian art, jewelry or weapons.
Its art gallery is considered one of the most complete in the world.
The museum is one of the largest museums in the world.
