The Witches Cave (Russian: ?????????? ?????) is a 1989 science fiction, 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 |
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 |
Production company | Gorky Film Studio Czechoslovak Television Bratislava Barrandov Studios |
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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.
Screenplay
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.
- 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 - brother Belogurochki
- Volodymyr Talashko - Axel, ethnographer
- Leonid Filatkin - U-Ush, the last Neanderthal