The Witches Cave

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

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

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.[2]

Plot summary

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.[3]

Cast

  • 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 - Billegurri's brother
  • Volodymyr Talashko - Axel, ethnographer
  • Leonid Filatkin - U-Ush, the last Neanderthal
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