The Witches Cave

1989 film
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
81 minCountriesSoviet Union
CzechoslovakiaLanguageRussian

The Witches Cave (Russian: Подземелье ведьм) is a 1989 science fantasy film from Gorky Film Studio, USSR and Barrandov Studios, Czechoslovakia.

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 Levtova — 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Психологически я абсолютно неинтересный человек... Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via fantlab.ru.
  2. ^ "IMDB - Nika Awards for 1991". IMDb.
  3. ^ «Обыкновенное волшебство». Журнал «Если» № 10, 2009 г.

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