Sophia (TV series)
| Sophia | |
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| Created by |
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| Directed by | Aleksei Andrianov |
| Starring |
Mariya Andreyeva Yevgeny Tsyganov Nadezhda Markina Pyotr Zaychenko Boris Nevzorov |
| Composer(s) | Artyom Vasiliev |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Russia 1 |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 28 November – 1 December 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | sofia |
Sophia (Russian: Софи́я) is a Russian historical drama television series directed by Aleksei Andrianov, and produced by film company "Moskino" (Russian: Москино) with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and Ministry of Defence of Russia.
The second half of the 15th century. Duchy of Moscow Ivan III takes an offer by ambassadors from Rome to marry princess Zoe of an ancient Byzantine Palaiologos family. He sends a voivode Khromoy and a monetary master Ivan Fryazin to Rome, who bring Zoe to Moscow, where she takes a new name after rebaptism – Sophia. She did not meet the expectations of the Pope to expand an influence of the Catholic Church in Russia. The attempts to send emissaries with the aim of urging Sophia to follow the line of Rome and further killing her end in failure. The most notable moments of Ivan III's rule are shown, including: the war with Novgorod Republic, disagreement and further peace with Ivan's brothers (Boris and Andrey Bolshoy), victory over Golden Horde, and also opposition of Sophia with a wife of Ivan's elder son Elena.
The series' pilot name was Sophia Palaiologina (Russian: Софи́я Палеоло́г). Filming started in November 2014 and was set abroad — in Italy and Czech Republic, and in Russia in Moscow Kremlin and Pskov Krom, and also in Pskov,Moscow and Kaluga Oblast, Borovsk, Novgorod, Astrakhan and Pskov. The decorations of Moscow Kremlin were built for the filming in the territory of VDNKh, which matched its historical 15th century image (then it did not have the familiar red colour, but was white). Also, the decorations of Dormition Cathedral were built. Property men found antique tableware of that time specially for the series. Golden coins for the series were minted from the original ducats. Over a thousand costumes were made for the project. Thousands of Russians attended an exhibition of the creations for this TV project.
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