Vanished Empire

Vanished Empire (Исчезнувшая империя) is a 2008 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.

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.

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)

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.