The Witches Cave

The Witches Cave
The Witches Cave
	DVD cover
Directed by	Yuri Moroz
Written by	Kir Bulychov
Produced by	Igor Nosov ; Vladislav Sverkunov
Starring	Sergey Zhigunov; Marina Levtova; Dmitry Pevtsov; Nikolai Karachentsov; Igor Yasulovich; Zhanna Prokhorenko
Cinematography	Alexander Filatov; Alexander Krupnikov
Edited by	Valentina Mironova
Music by	Maksim Dunayevsky
Production; companies	Gorky Film Studio; Czechoslovak Television Bratislava; Barrandov Studios
Release date	1989;
Running time	81 min
Countries	Soviet Union; Czechoslovakia
Language	Russian

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 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.

External links

The Witches Cave at IMDb

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[1] Психологически я абсолютно неинтересный человек... Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via fantlab.ru.

[2] "IMDB - Nika Awards for 1991".

[3] «Обыкновенное волшебство». Журнал «Если» № 10, 2009 г.

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