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Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

20026.51h 32m

Overview

At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the East, between the Oral mountains and Shanghai. Stuck between a desire to save what's left of the great Imperial Russia, and starting from a clean slate, old generals, secret organizations, and mercenaries attracted by gold, struggle to take advantage of the events. As Corto Maltese returns to Shanghai, he barely gets time to cross paths with his old friend/nemesis Rasputin, and escape a murder attempt before being contacted by members of a Chinese secret organization called "The Red Lanterns". In the heart of violent Manchurian horizons, Corto and Rasputin launch themselves into a fabulous treasure hunt, following the tracks of the mysterious armor-plated train of Kolchak. A steel monster spiked with canons and machine guns, this trains protects the counter-revolutionaries gold...

Directed by Pascal Morelli
Written by Thierry Thomas, Hugo Pratt, Natalia Borodin
Produced by Robert Réa
Box Office0Revenue: $1.3M

Top Cast

Richard Berry

Richard Berry

Corto Maltese (FR)

Patrick Bouchitey

Patrick Bouchitey

Rasputin (FR)

Barbara Schulz

Barbara Schulz

Shangai Li (FR)

Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant

Duchessa Marina Seminova (FR)

Marc Chapiteau

Marc Chapiteau

L'Ataman Semenov (FR)

Maxime Leroux

Maxime Leroux

Nino (voice)

Hervé Bellon

Hervé Bellon

Generale Chang (FR)

Emmanuel Curtil

Emmanuel Curtil

Tenente Barrow (FR)

Patrice Dozier

Patrice Dozier

Lunga Vita (FR)

Jean-Michel Dupuis

Jean-Michel Dupuis

Barone Von Ungern-Sternberg (FR)

Themes & Keywords

chinashanghai, chinamanchuriabiographysiberia1900sshort film

About Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane is a drama, animation, history, adventure film released in 2002 exploring themes of china, shanghai, china, manchuria, biography, siberia, 1900s. Directed by Pascal Morelli, it stars Richard Berry, Patrick Bouchitey, Barbara Schulz. At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the East, between the Oral mountains and Shanghai. Stuck between a desire to save what's left of the great Imperial Russia, and starting from a clean slate, old generals, secret organizations, and mercenaries attracted by gold, struggle to take advantage of the events. As Corto Maltese returns to Shanghai, he barely gets time to cross paths with his old friend/nemesis Rasputin, and escape a murder attempt before being contacted by members of a Chinese secret organization called "The Red Lanterns". In the heart of violent Manchurian horizons, Corto and Rasputin launch themselves into a fabulous treasure hunt, following the tracks of the mysterious armor-plated train of Kolchak. A steel monster spiked with canons and machine guns, this trains protects the counter-revolutionaries gold...

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