When negotiating with Bekmambetov about filming, the president of the bank, Sergei Rodionov, immediately set a condition: no animation, no computer graphics—only live-action shooting.
[12] Some commercials featured Viktor Verzhbitsky (see plots), and the role of Catherine the Great was voiced by dubbing artist Larisa Danilina.
[citation needed] On Christmas Eve, at the palace of Catherine II (played by Evgeniya Uralova), guests gather for dinner.
[citation needed] Emperor Alexander II received a report about a peasant uprising in the Kherson Governorate, with news that they were fleeing to Crimea.
At that moment, the autocrat observed how a servant was trimming the wings of swans on a pond to prevent them from flying away.
The commercial ended with a reminder that in 1861, the first underground metro in the world was opened in London, and in Russia, serfdom was abolished.
The Spaniards were astonished by the amount of precious metal the Incas possessed and captured their ruler, Atahualpa.
[citation needed] The Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible addressed the people, saying that the boyars had embezzled the treasury, refused to defend Muscovy, betrayed it to the Lithuanians, Germans, and Tatars, and thought only of their wealth.
In anger at the prolonged resistance of the besieged, the king ordered the women to leave the town and take only what was most valuable, what they could carry on themselves.
Emperor Nicholas I was informed about the premiere of a play in Paris that somehow tarnished the honor of his grandmother, Catherine II.
The Emperor ordered a letter to be sent to Paris, stating that if the performance continued, he would send a million spectators in gray overcoats (soldiers) to boo the play.
[citation needed] Known for his principles, Julius Caesar, stuck on his way to the Senate, preferred to tear a piece of his costly imperial toga rather than be late for the session.
[citation needed] Alexander the Great, having conquered the Parthian kingdom, could not move further toward the conquest of Asia because his army, laden with riches, had sunk into debauchery.
Peter I on his way to the place where his fleet was to be built, got stuck in the mud and personally pushed the carriage out to proceed.
[citation needed] During a battle, Napoleon, whose hat was knocked off by a shot, calmly picked it up under fire, put it on, adjusted it to the millimeter, and only then extinguished the fuse of a rolling bomb with his hand.
"[citation needed] Louis XIV dined, selecting only the cherry that adorned the roasted pheasant from a vast array of dishes.
A frightened warrior, shaken by the Horde, tried to persuade Dmitry Donskoy to retreat, but the prince gave him his helmet, and the battle continued until victory.