Close-up of a man in a large fur hat and fur clothing, a still from the series.

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Ancient Swedes in the high-budget series “The History of Sweden” by SverigesTelevision AB

The ancient Swedes according to the lavish series "Sweden's History", produced by SverigesTelevision AB. Charming

Cardinals in red vestments with pectoral crosses stand under white umbrellas by a wall with statues.

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Review of the film “Conclave” and its comparison with “The Young Pope” and “The Two Popes”

Who liked the film "Conclave", and why it has drawn so much attention, I do not know. All of this was already in "The Young Pope" and "The Two Popes", only more interesting and better. All I know is that I would not have

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Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin on the set of City Lights in 1929

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The thing is, so long as Cruella doesn't turn up

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The Unicorn from the 1935 Film Adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Winners of the youth category at the Russian Creative Awards announced

We recently looked together at the shortlist of the Russian Creative Awards, which for the first time in a long while included a category for young figures in culture, art and the creative industries (established jointly with the Tavrida art cluster). The awards ceremony took place on Friday, and we

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Casting of Wyler's comedy, Princess Margaret's romance and the fate of the screenplay Oscar

Audrey Hepburn at the party held on her return to London after filming «Roman Holiday» in 1953. At the outset the 24-year-old Hepburn was not even considered for the part of Princess Anne in William Wyler's romantic comedy; the leading contenders were Elizabeth Taylor and Jean

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Mads Mikkelsen at Secondary School

Antique black and red carriage with gilded decoration, the name Sorino on its side and a red cross on the body, in a stone courtyard.

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Sorino's mobile dental surgery, he being the inventor of galvanic water, served as an ambulance in the 1870s

The travelling dentist's carriage at the National Automobile Museum in Compiègne, France, recalls the wagon in which the dentist Dr King Schultz travelled in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" This mobile dental surgery belonged to Sorino, the inventor of galvanic water, that is, to all

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Uda Benyamin directs a Dumas adaptation in which the musketeers are women

A new version of "The Three Musketeers" will appear in 2025, with women as the musketeers and d'Artagnan. The synopsis runs thus: when Sarah, a young girl on the run, discovers that the three musketeers protecting the Queen of France are in fact women, she decides

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Old Hottabych's Slippers by Bottega Veneta

Full price: 1.100 €

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Patriarch Kirill Awards Emir Kusturica the Order of St Seraphim of Sarov, First Class

Patriarch Kirill has awarded Emir Kusturica the Order of St Seraphim of Sarov, First Class. The award was timed to coincide with the director's 70th birthday. The congratulatory address states that the order was conferred on the filmmaker for his contribution to the preservation of traditional values