Vadim SOKOLOVSKY
Вадим СОКОЛОВСКИЙ
Vadim SOKOLOVSKI
Russia / USA, 2009  
Colour, fiction
Kniga masterov
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Книга мастеров

 

 The Book of Masters

 Le Livre des maîtres

 
Directed by : Vadim SOKOLOVSKY (Вадим СОКОЛОВСКИЙ)
Writing credits : Vadim SOKOLOVSKY (Вадим СОКОЛОВСКИЙ)
 
Cast
Liya AKHEDZHAKOVA (Лия АХЕДЖАКОВА) ...Baba-Yaga
Mariya ANDREYEVA (Мария АНДРЕЕВА) ...Katya
Nikolay EFREMOV (Николай ЕФРЕМОВ)
Olga ERGINA (Ольга ЕРГИНА) ...Klava
Valentin GAFT (Валентин ГАФТ)
Leonid KURAVLYOV (Леонид КУРАВЛЕВ)
Gosha KUTSENKO (Гоша КУЦЕНКО)
Aleksandr LENKOV (Александр ЛЕНЬКОВ) ...Staroste
Maksim LOKTIONOV (Максим ЛОКТИОНОВ) ...Ivan
Artur SMOLYANINOV (Артур СМОЛЬЯНИНОВ)
Mikhail YEFREMOV (Михаил ЕФРЕМОВ)
 
Cinematography : Arсhil AKHVLEDIANY (Арчил АХВЛЕДИАНИ)
Production design : Viktor SHMELEV (Виктор ШМЕЛЕВ)
Music : Yuri POTEYENKO (Юрий ПОТЕЕНКО)
Produced by : Leonid VERESHCHAGIN (Леонид ВЕРЕЩАГИН)
Companies : Trite, Walt Disney Pictures
World sales company: Walt Disney Pictures
Film revenue in Russia : 10.8 million dollars
 

Plot synopsis
KNIGA MASTEROV is a modern tale. In Neverland lives evil witch-princess who dreams of becoming more powerful.
To do this she needs The book of masters. Anyone who reads it will receive an incredible force. And only a man can do it.
Princess sends stone warriors led by Yanhul (Artur Smol’yaninov) in the village, where they catch two children – Ivan, a simple village boy, and Klava, a daughter of lord.
In the palace captives acquainted with witch’s daughter, who helps them to escape. But the princess imposed a curse, and few years later children have to go back.
 

commentaries
Vadim Sokolovskii : The Book of Masters (Kniga Masterov, 2009), Andrew CHAPMAN, kinokultura.com, 2010
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
- International film festival "Fairy tale", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Cairo (Egypt), 2010
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2010
- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2010
- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2009

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