{{Infobox film | name = Vanished Empire | native_name = {{langx|ru|Исчезнувшая империя}} | image = | caption = | director = Karen Shakhnazarov | producer = {{Plainlist| * Galina Shadur * Karen Shakhnazarov }} | writer = {{Plainlist| * Evgeniy Nikishov * Sergey Rokotov }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Aleksandr Lyapin * Lidiya Milyuzina * Egor Baranovskiy * Ivan Kupreenko * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan }} | music = Konstantin Shevelyov | cinematography = Shandor Berkeshi | editing = Irina Kozhemyakina | released = {{Film date|2008}} | studio= | runtime = | country = Russia | language = Russian | budget = }} '''''Vanished Empire''''' ({{langx|ru|Исчезнувшая империя|Ischeznuvshaya imperiya}}) is a 2008 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.<ref name="kino-teatr">{{cite web|url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2017/11-16/13512/|title=Владимиру Ильину исполнилось 70 лет - новости кино - 16 ноября 2017|website=Кино-Театр.РУ|date=16 November 2017|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref><ref name="argumenti">{{cite web|url=https://argumenti.ru/interview/2019/09/629370|title=Актриса Яна Крайнова: "Я ходила по Рио в белых брюках и передавала привет Остапу Бендеру" - Аргументы Недели|website=argumenti.ru|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>
== Plot == The film tells of two guys studying at the same institute and in love with one girl. They do not even suspect that their country will soon fall apart.<ref name="kinoafisha">{{cite web|url=https://www.kinoafisha.info/movies/3307791/|website=kinoafisha.info|title=Фильм Исчезнувшая империя: год выпуска и дата выхода, рейтинг, продолжительность, похожие фильмы |year= 2008|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref>
== Cast == * Aleksandr Lyapin as Sergei Narbekov * Lidiya Milyuzina as Lyuda Beletskaya * Egor Baranovskiy as Stepan Molodtsov * Ivan Kupreenko as Kostya Denisov * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Sergei's grandfather * Olga Tumaykina as Sergei's mother * Vladimir Ilyin as Stepan 30 years later * Tatyana Yakovenko as Lyuda's mother * Yanina Kalganova as Katya * Vasiliy Shakhnazarov as Misha (as Vasya Shakhnazarov)
==Reception== ===Critical response=== ''Vanished Empire'' has an approval rating of 75% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 5.90/10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1213876-vanished_empire|title = The Vanished Empire|website = Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=1217578}} {{Karen Shakhnazarov}} Category:2008 films Category:2008 Russian films Category:2008 Russian-language films Category:Russian drama films Category:2008 drama films Category:Films directed by Karen Shakhnazarov Category:Russian-language drama films