'UPON THE MAGIC ROADS'
TALE OF A HUMPBACKED HORSE
Throughout this week your trusted spy has been introducing you to what is left of Russian cinematic releases for the rest of 2020 and we are
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| The film was supposed to open this October |
crowning the spotlight today with two of our most anticipated movies from their production, if not from the whole worldwide offer this year. This winter was generally planned as the most massive cinematic holiday season ever in Russia with the releases of the long awaited expensive blockbusters The Goalkeeper of Galaxy (come back tomorrow),
Project Gemini, The Silver Skates (see below) and
Last Knight: The Root of Evil, but I'm not sure if they are still sticking to the plan due to corona. A film that could join them as it will probably get pushed to winter or maybe even to the next year
UPON THE MAGIC ROADS was originally supposed to rob their box offices this Autumn. The wildly opulent big screen adaptation
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| Anton Shagin plays the hero Ivan the Fool |
of Russia's most famous traditional fairy tale
Конёк горбунок aka
The Humpbacked Horse still does not have a trailer nor a poster, but your spy
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| As you can see the film will be filled with wildly rich costumes |
has managed to find mind blowing first photos from it for you and they promise a feast for the eyes in the vein of Disney's Nutcracker and Mirror
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| You can also expect rich fairy tale sets, cities, palaces, villages |
Mirror. Directed by
Oleg Pogodin it will have
Anton Shagin (as Ivan The Fool),
Pavel Derevyanko (as the voice of Konyek Gorbunok),
Paulina
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| The film was shot in summer 2018 and is in postproduction |
Andreeva (as the princess),
Mikhail Yefremov (as the Tzar), Yan Tsapnik, Oleg Taktarov, Lyasan Utiasheva (as the voice of the legendary Firebird),
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| The costumes are inspired by Russia's extremely rich folklore |
Aleksandr Semchev in the cast. If you are familiar with one of the most beloved fairy tales of the whole Slavic world, you know that it follows the
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| The movie still does not have a new release date |
adventures of legendary Ivan the Fool and his noble assistant - Humpbacked Horse. The shooting of the film finished in 2018 and since then the movie has been in complex postproduction.
Ivan The Fool And His Horse
Once upon a time there lived Ivan, a little slob, but not a fool at
all, though the youngest of three brothers. He once rescued a magic mare
and received as a reward a friend and a faithful companion - the Little
Humpbacked Horse.
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| The production included an insane number of extras and actors |
Not simple, but also magical - small and almost
fearless. And now Ivan, having such a horse, has all the luck of the
world in his hands. But the tzar, who has Ivan in his service, sees his
fortune as a bone in his own throat. Therefore, he
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| At one point Ivan will visit the ice palace of the far way tzarina |
gives Ivan impossible
tasks - either to catch the Firebird, then to release the wondrous
Fish-Whale from captivity, then to marry the beautiful tzarina who
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| The far away kingdom in which Ivan ends in his adventures |
lives
on the edge of the earth in ice mansions. But having met the overseas
beauty, Vanya will not remain the same. He fell in love with the beauty,
although he knows that this love could get his head off his
shoulders...
'SILVER SKATES'
RUSSIA'S MOST ANTICIPATED EPIC BIG SCREEN ROMANCE
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| Silver Skates should arrive this December |
Another lavish spectacle that has been planned for a December release has also been in works for a very long time, but having in mind its insane opulence, rich fairy tale sets, enchantingly gorgeous costumes and beautiful songs written especially for the film, I think it will be worth all the wait:
SILVER SKATES also known as
Serebryanye konki will mesmerise you as soon as you check out the first trailer below. Directed by
Michael Lockshin it stars our gorgeous favourite
Kirill Zaytsev alongside
Sonia Priss, Fedor Fedotov and
Yuri Kolokolnikov
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| Matvey and Alice fall unexpectedly in love while skating |
as the Great Prince. Check out the enchanting trailer below and tell us what you think.
The Winter Of Love & Drama
The 20th century is just around the corner. In winter, St. Petersburg
transforms into a fairytale-like wonderland where frozen rivers and
canals
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| Our gorgeous Kirill Zaytsev also stars in the movie |
bustle with festivity. The city is home to 18-year-old Matvey who
works as a delivery boy at a famous local bakery. The son of a poor
lamplighter, his only
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| You can expect lavish costumes in the movie |
treasure is a pair of silver-plated skates he
inherited from his father. Meanwhile, a high-ranking official's daughter
Alisa is feeling like a prisoner in
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| The film will have tons of winter wonderland scene settings |
her father's mansion after being
offered to become the wife of the Grand Prince. One day their paths
cross. Each has its own difficult story, but once faced, they rush to a
dream together.
