Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

About Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane

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.

Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane (2002) is an animation history film directed by Pascal Morelli. At 92 minutes long, it arrived in September 2002.

The film is filed under 1900s, china, siberia, and manchuria.

Richard Berry stars as Corto Maltese (FR), Patrick Bouchitey as Rasputin (FR), Barbara Schulz as Shangai Li (FR), and Marie Trintignant as Duchessa Marina Seminova (FR). The screenplay is by Natalia Borodin and Pascal Morelli.

The Last Emperor, Public Enemies, and Tolkien make useful companions to Corto Maltese: The Secret Court of the Arcane, all filed under biography. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 58 votes.