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

The Witches Cave
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Directed byYuri Moroz
Written byKir Bulychov[1]
Produced byIgor Nosov
Vladislav Sverkunov
StarringSergey Zhigunov
Marina Levtova
Dmitry Pevtsov
Nikolai Karachentsov
Igor Yasulovich
Zhanna Prokhorenko
CinematographyAlexander Filatov
Alexander Krupnikov
Edited byValentina Mironova
Music byMaksim Dunayevsky
Production
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Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
81 min
CountriesSoviet Union
Czechoslovakia
LanguageRussian

The script was written by Kir Bulychov based on 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 the 1991 Nika Awards.[2]

Plot summary

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An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet far from Earth. Even though 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

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  • 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

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References

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  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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