Forbidden Empire
Вий
"The truth is in you"
ThrillerAdventureMysteryFantasyHorrorScience Fiction
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.
🎬 DirectorOleg Stepchenko
📅 Release2014-01-30
🌍 CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Russian
🏢 StudioRussian Film Group, Marinsgroup
🗳 Votes338
🔥 Popularity2
💰 Budget$26,000,000
💵 Revenue$34,592,118
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🎭 Cast
Jason Flemyng
Jonathan Green
Aleksey Chadov
Petrus
Agniya Ditkovskite
Nastusya
Yuriy Tsurilo
Sotnik
Olga Zaytseva
Pannochka
Aleksandr Yakovlev
Overko
Igor Jijikine
Dorosh
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Yavtukh
Nina Ruslanova
Zhena Yavtukha
Viktor Bychkov
Kuznets
Ivan Mokhovikov
Bursak Khalyava
Anatoliy Gushchin
Bursak Gorobets
Alexey A. Petrukhin
Khoma
Alexander Karpov
Panas
Aleksey Ogurtsov
Spirid
🎥 Crew
Co-Producer
Leonid Ogorodnikov
Producer
Anatoly Sergeev
Executive Producer
Aleksey Ogurtsov
Executive Producer
Oleg Lyubaev
Costume Design
Jarmila Konečná
Director
Oleg Stepchenko
Screenplay
Oleg Stepchenko
Screenplay
Alexander Karpov
Music
Anton Garcia
Director of Photography
Yaroslav Pilunskyi
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🏷 Keywords
monstermysticchurchdemonwitchcraftdark fantasy
💬 Reviews
This movie is probably quite unknown by most people. I certainly had never heard of it when I stumbled on it. It is a quite entertaining little fantasy / supernatural / crime movie though. I am actually not sure what to classify at as. It starts of as a fantasy movie but is it really? The cinematics of this movie is very good. For me it was the main part contributing to the enjoyment. The small…
It seems to be that if your name is "Jonathan" then maybe you ought to avoid Romania? This one is called "Green" (Jason Flemyng) and he is trying to do some intricate cartography between Europe and Asia. With his stagecoach equipped with all mod cons - including some cleverly mounted reins for the horses and a candle-lit trundle wheel at the back, he sets off into the Carpathian mountains where hi…
If this is a remake, then I must find the original story and any films created from this story. It has all the earmarks of a great Brothers Grimm tale. Even when you think you know what is going on, you're only following breadcrumbs that have been laid before you. There will be no more telling of its storyline or content from me here. To ALL folk story lovers and scary whimsical tales, this is…
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