Volkodav iz roda Serykh Psov (2007)

Director:

Nikolai Lebedev

Writers:

Nikolai Lebedev (writer)
Mariya Semyonova (novel)

Release Date:

2007 (Latvia)

Genre:

Fantasy

Plot:

He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Aleksandr Bukharov	...	The Wolfhound
Oksana Akinshina	...	Princess Helen
Aleksandr Domogarov	...	The Man-Eater
Igor Petrenko	...	Luchezar
Juozas Budraitis	...	Dungorm
Rezo Esadze	...	Illad
Artyom Semakin	...	Eurikh
Nina Usatova	...	Vozhditsa Kharyukov
Natalya Varley	...	Mother Kendarat
Tatyana Lyutayeva	...	Lekarka
Anatoli Belyj	...	Vinitar
Lilian Navrozashvili	...	Ertan
Andrei Rudensky	...	Tillorn
Evgenia Sviridova	...	Neelith
Eugenia Tudorascu	...	Haigal

Also Known As:

Волкодав из рода Серых Псов (Russia)
Volkodav (Russia) (working title)
Wolfhound (International: English title) (short title)
Wolfhound from the Tribe of Grey Dogs (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Wolfhound of the Grey Dog Clan (International: English title) (long title)

Runtime:

136 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia

Company:

Central Partnership

Trivia:

Second place big budget for any post-Soviet Russian film.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Molodoy volkodav" (2006) (mini)

First Russian fantasy movie rocks!

Well, I have just seen premier of this amazing movie that puts Russian film making into the league of Hollywood and Lord of the Rings. I am not sure if the west will understand the movie so well as it has been based on the folk stories of Russia and the books of Maria Semenova but the look and the sound of the movie is the most like a big budget American movie that Russia has ever seen. Oksana Akinshina as the Princess and Alexandr Bukharov as Wolfhound are great stars and only perhaps the villain Zhadoba was a little weak, but the visual aspects of this movie and the plot, already well known to Russia, was sensational. The crowd loved the action scenes and the monsters (by Russian effects house Dr Picture) were very realist and scary. For first time we are hearing a movie that shakes cinema with surround sound effects and clever atmospherics, although I think the sound was by British team not from Russian. Morana the rock monster must be seen to believe, never before in Russian movie has such things been seen.. also the ghouls of the fog. If I maybe have criticisms it is for music of Alexei Rybnikov which I think let movie down to seem like more a B-picture, less a Hollywood epic like it should be, but the work of English music and sound make up for it in my feelings. Hoping that this is the first of many films to show America and the west that Russia can make truly big, powerful movies - well done!