The Golden Snake
Directed byVladimir Makeranets
Written byGennady Bokarev
Produced byGennady Bokarev, Vladimir Makeranets, Natalya Nikonova
StarringIvan Bobylyov, Oleg Yagodin
CinematographyNikolay Banko
Music bySergei Starostin, Andrey Doynikov
Production
companies
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

The Golden Snake (Russian: Золотой полоз, tr. Zolotoy poloz) is a 2007 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Makeranets. It is an loose adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story "The Great Snake" based on the Ural region Russian folklore. It was financed of the Ministry of Culture of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography. The Golden Snake was awarded the "Best Children's Film" prize at the Russian film festival Literatura i Kino in 2008.[1]

In the film, two boys meet the legendary creature the Great Snake (also translated as Poloz the Great Snake[2]) from the Ural folklore that has control over gold.

Cast

  • Ivan Bobylyov as Semyonitch / Poloz the Great Snake
  • Oleg Yagodin as Koska (adult)
  • Yaroslav Andreev as Koska (child)
  • Pavel Oznobishin as Deniska (adult)
  • Vanya Sukhoverkhy as Deniska (child)
  • Yelena Golunenko as Dunyasha
  • Valery Smirnov as Zhabrey
  • Vladimir Ivansky as Levonty
  • Anton Kazakov as Pantyukha
  • Dmitry Zakharov as Nikolka (adult)
  • Alexander Mikhailov as Nikolka (young)
  • Vyacheslav Kokorin as Yefimitch
  • Vyacheslav Chuisov as Matvey
  • Valery Seregin as Osip

References

  1. ↑ Четырнадцатый кинофестиваль Литература и кино (архив 2008 год). Участники. Фильмы
  2. ↑ "The Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals – Pavel Bazhov, Alan Moray Williams". Little White Crow. Retrieved 30 November 2015.


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