Filme drehen

We’ll be very glad to provide your team with the opportunity to do filming for documentary, historical, adventure or sci-fi projects onboard the exact replica of Peter the Great’s 1703 built frigate Shtandart. 

Key points and highlights: 

The exact replica Shtandart was built using authentic materials, methods and techniques of the Peter the Great era; 

The interior of the ship is characteristic of the time, carvings and decorative details are all hand-made, following the original designs and patterns of the time; 

Modern equipment and elements are fully concealed; 

Guns and artillery equipment, buckets and carpenter tools, tableware, hammocks and other items onboard were carefully recreated to accurately represent the historical era; 

Guns are in perfect working order, ready to be fired; 

Filming on location eliminates the need for designing and building special sets and props; 

Filming onboard a real ship allows for close ups of actors and parts of the ship in the action scenes;
A special boat is available to film the frigate in motion at sea, under full sails; 
Plenty of opportunities for filming from unusual angles!

Here is a list of films in which the frigate Shtandart took part:

Notes of the Secret Chancellery’s Courier (2010–2011, Russia)
Directed by Oleg Ryaskov. A historical TV series based on the novel by Oleg Ryaskov, set in early 18th-century Russia. The frigate Shtandart played a central role in maritime episodes.

Nova Zembla (2011, Netherlands)
Directed by Reinout Oerlemans. The first Dutch feature film shot in 3D, dramatizing Willem Barentsz’s Arctic expedition. The Shtandart doubled as a 16th-century Dutch vessel, providing realism for the polar exploration scenes.

Admiral (Michiel de Ruyter, 2015, Netherlands)
Directed by Roel Reiné. A large-scale historical epic about Dutch naval hero Michiel de Ruyter. The Shtandart was used to represent period warships of the 17th century.

Peter and Wendy (2015, United Kingdom)
Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, screenplay by Adrian Hodges. A TV film adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, blending modern hospital drama with the fantasy world of Neverland. The Shtandart appears as Captain Hook’s pirate ship.

22 Ángeles (2016, Spain)
Directed by Miguel Bardem, screenplay by Alicia Luna. A historical TV movie about the Balmis Expedition, which carried the smallpox vaccine across the Atlantic. The Shtandart was used for the scenes of the Spanish expedition’s voyage.

La Fortuna (2021, Spain/USA co-production)
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, written by Amenábar and Alejandro Hernández, based on the graphic novel El tesoro del Cisne Negro by Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral. A six-episode Spanish-American miniseries blending adventure and political drama. Two tall ships took part in filming: the frigate Étoile du Roy and the frigate Shtandart, which brought historical realism to the maritime sequences.

Ship’s technical specs: 

Length (with bowsprit) – 34.5 m 
Length on deck – 25.5 m 
Maximum width – 7 m 
Draught – 3.3 m 
Tonnage – 220 t 
Maximum masts height – 33 m 
Body – oak and larch 
Spars – ship building pine 
Engines – Volvo Penta TAMD 122P, 2 x 560 horsepower 
Electrical generator – (220V), 32 kWt

Please contact us (voyage@shtandart.eu) for further details!