| Empire | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Sokurov |
| Written by | Lucille Fletcher (play) Alexander Sokurov |
| Starring | Alla Osipenko Ilya Rivin |
| Cinematography | Sergei Sidorov |
| Edited by | L. Semenova L. Volkova N. Alexandrovna |
| Music by | Giuseppe Verdi |
| Distributed by | Lenfilm |
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Running time | 35 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Empire (Russian: Ампир, translit. Ampir; from French: empire) is a short film directed by Alexander Sokurov, released in 1986. The movie is based on a play by Lucille Fletcher.
Empire was inspired by Lucille Fletcher's radio drama Sorry, Wrong Number. For the film, Sokurov, as often, selected a single motif from the work of inspiration – in this case, it was the sickness of a woman.
It was produced as the graduation work of S. Sidorov from the VGIK. At that time Sokurov was not allowed to work on his own films, and saw this as an opportunity to continue work in the field.