L'empire interdit

Carpathia, 1730s. A heavy fog and the creak of axles. A European cartographer enters a village untouched by time, encircled by a deep trench. Superstition has replaced faith, and something ancient has taken root. One to watch for Nikolai Gogol completists.

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Oleg Stepchenko directed L'empire interdit in 2014. See Oleg Stepchenko's full filmography, where to start with Oleg Stepchenko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Oleg Stepchenko.

L'empire interdit was released in 2014 (RU original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.