The Witches Cave
The Witches Cave (Russian: Подземелье ведьм) is a 1989 science fantasy film from Gorky Film Studio, USSR and Barrandov Studios, Czechoslovakia.
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| Directed by | Yuri Moroz |
| Produced by | Igor Nosov Vladislav Sverkunov |
| Written by | Kir Bulychov[1] |
| Starring | Sergey Zhigunov Marina Levtova Dmitry Pevtsov Nikolai Karachentsov Igor Yasulovich Zhanna Prokhorenko |
| Music by | Maksim Dunayevsky |
| Cinematography | Alexander Filatov Alexander Krupnikov |
| Edited by | Valentina Mironova |
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Running time | 81 min |
| Country | Soviet Union Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Russian |
The script was written by Kir Bulychov based upon his own story and directed by Yuri Moroz. The cast featured Sergei Zhigunov as Andrei Bruce, Marina Levtova as Belogurochka, Dmitry Pevtsov as Oktin Khash and Nikolai Karachentsov as cosmolinguist Jean. The movie had two nominations in 1991 Nika Awards.[2]
Plot summary
An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet far from Earth. Despite the fact that creatures from various Earth time periods appear to inhabit the world (mammoths, pterodactyls, dinosaurs, horses, birds, etc.), the stone-age-level natives also possess swords made of metal.[3]
Cast
- Sergey Zhigunov — Andrew Bruce, Inspector (voiced by Vladimir Antonik)
- Nikolai Karachentsov — Jean Lemot, ethnographer, translator
- Dmitry Pevtsov — Oktin-Hash, the leader of savages
- Vyacheslav Kovalkov — Krylov, the astronaut
- Marina Leutova — Billegurri (Belogurochka) - daughter and heiress of the leader of a friendly tribe
- Igor Yasulovich — Konrad Zhmuda, ethnographer
- Andrey Leonov - co-pilot
- Anatoly Mambetov - Mute
- Zhanna Prokhorenko - Ingrid Khan, paramedic
- Willor Kuznetsov - The White Wolf
- Sergei Bystritsky - Billegurri's brother
- Volodymyr Talashko - Axel, ethnographer
- Leonid Filatkin - U-Ush, the last Neanderthal
References
- Психологически я абсолютно неинтересный человек... Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via fantlab.ru.
- "IMDB - Nika Awards for 1991".
- «Обыкновенное волшебство». Журнал «Если» № 10, 2009 г.
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