High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Russian Ark (Russian: Русский ковчег Transliteration: Russkij Kovcheg) is a 2002 Russian historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum using a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot. The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.