Forbidden Empire (2014)
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- Not Rated
- 2h 10min
- Adventure, Fantasy
- 30 Jan 2014 (Russia)
- Movie
An eighteenth century English cartographer, Jonathan Green, sets out on a journey to map the uncharted lands of Transylvania, only to discover the dark secrets and dangerous creatures hidden in a cursed, fantastical Romanian forest.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 2 nominations.
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Cast
| Jason Flemyng | ... |
Dzhonatan Grin
(as Dzheyson Fleming)
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| Andrey Smolyakov | ... |
Otets Paisiy
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| Aleksey Chadov | ... |
Petrus
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| Agnia Ditkovskyte | ... |
Nastusya
(as Agniya Ditkovskite)
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| Yuriy Tsurilo | ... |
Sotnik
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Olga Zaytseva | ... |
Pannochka
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| Aleksandr Yakovlev | ... |
Overko
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| Igor Zhizhikin | ... |
Dorosh
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| Valeriy Zolotukhin | ... |
Yavtukh
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| Nina Ruslanova | ... |
Zhena Yavtukha
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| Viktor Bychkov | ... |
Taras
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| Ivan Mokhovikov | ... |
Bursak Khalyava
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Anatoliy Gushchin | ... |
Bursak Gorobets
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| Alexey A. Petrukhin | ... |
Bursak Khoma
(as Aleksey A. Petrukhin)
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| Aleksandr Karpov | ... |
Panas
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Aleksey Ogurtsov | ... |
Spirid
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| Emma Cerná | ... |
Babka Ganna
(as Emma Cherna)
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Ruslan Ustinov | ... |
Ostap
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Natalya Ustinova | ... |
Zhena Ostapa
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| Oleg Taktarov | ... |
Gritsko
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Elizaveta Sitalova | ... |
Baystryuchka
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Artur Gulyan | ... |
Daniel Grin
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Earlene Bentley | ... |
Nyanechka
(as Erlin Bentli)
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| Anna Churina | ... |
Miss Dudley
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| Charles Dance | ... |
V roli lorda Dadli
(as Charlz Dens)
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| Boris Georgievskiy | ... |
Overko (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Oleg Stepchenko | ||
Written by
| Nikolay Gogol | ... | (story and characters) (as Nikolai Gogol) |
| Aleksandr Karpov | ... | (script) |
| Gerard Michael MacCarthy | ... | (English adaptation, additional material) |
| Oleg Stepchenko | ... | (script) |
Produced by
| Uwe Boll | ... | co-executive producer |
| Gleb Fetisov | ... | producer |
| Alexander Kulikov | ... | producer |
| Max Malinin | ... | executive producer |
| Leonid Ogorodnikov | ... | producer |
| Alexey A. Petrukhin | ... | producer (as Aleksey Petrukhin) |
| Michael Roesch | ... | co-executive producer |
| Irina Semenovskaya | ... | line producer |
| Anatoly Sergeev | ... | promo producer |
| Oleg Stepchenko | ... | executive producer |
| Oleg Teterin | ... | producer |
| Ruslan Ustinov | ... | producer |
Music by
| Anton Garcia | ||
Cinematography by
| Yaroslav Pilunskiy | ||
| Vladimír Smutný | ||
Editing by
| Petr Zelenov | ||
Editorial Department
| Yulia Frolova | ... | assistant editor |
| Andreas Menge | ... | assistant colorist: CinePostproduction |
| Andreas Minuth | ... | lead colorist |
| Egor Puzanov | ... | post-production producer |
| Jakob Seidel | ... | on-line editor |
| Michael Ritter | ... | Digital Cinema Mastering: Cinepostproduction (uncredited) |
Production Design by
| Jan Kadlec Jr. | ||
| Artur Mirzoyan | ||
Costume Design by
| Jarmila Konecna | ... | (as Jarmila Konecná) |
Makeup Department
| Pyotr Gorshenin | ... | special makeup effects supervisor |
| Sasha W. Isar | ... | hair & makeup artist: Anna Churina |
Production Management
| Jolana Heralova | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Jiri Kounicky | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Dmitry Galperin | ... | first assistant director |
| Anastasiya Golovina | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
| Frantisek Copf | ... | art department dresser/buyer |
| Barbara Sandberg | ... | draftsman / illustrator |
| Jirí Trier | ... | set dresser |
| Aloiz Vyslan | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
| Bob Beemer | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Kirill Bodrov | ... | sound engineer: CineLab SoundMix |
| Simon Diggins | ... | adr mixer |
| Robert Dufek | ... | production sound mixer |
| Anastasiya Guzhova | ... | foley artist |
| James Hyde | ... | adr recordist |
| Karel Jahelka | ... | boom operator |
| Alexander Kopeikin | ... | special sound effects (as Aleksandr Kopeykin) |
| Andrey Namestnikov | ... | sound designer |
| Arcady Noskov | ... | original sound effects |
| Yuliya Ratnikova | ... | supervising sound editor |
| Ivan Titov | ... | supervising foley editor |
| Maria Ushenina | ... | sound re-recording mixer: russian dialogues |
| Oskar von Unge | ... | adr recordist |
Special Effects by
| Kamil Jaffar | ... | special effects supervisor |
| Miroslav Miclik | ... | special effects |
| Pavel Policar | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
| Artur Abidinov | ... | cgi supervisor |
| Alexey Andreev | ... | character artist |
| Alexander Arkhipov | ... | compositor: TRIGRAPH |
| Davov Batyr | ... | digital compositor |
| Andrey Bogomolov | ... | modeling/texturing: Film Direction FX |
| Mikhail Bolonkin | ... | animator: Sci-FX Studio |
| Egor Borschevsky | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Vasiliy Buriak | ... | animator: Muravey Production |
| Maria Burtceva | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Anton Chechenev | ... | animator: Film Direction FX |
| Stefan Culafic | ... | rotoscope artist: 3DLenz |
| Mykhailo Datsyk | ... | visual effects: FX Lead: Postmodern |
| Tsvetelina Dimitrova | ... | digital compositor: Bottleship VFX |
| Arkadiy Dubinin | ... | visual effects supervisor: Trigraph |
| Alex Dubko | ... | digital effects artist: Algous Studio (as Aleksey Dubko) |
| Andrey Emelyanov | ... | visual effects producer: Film Direction FX |
| Evgeniy Gittsigrat | ... | visual effects supervisor: Film Direction FX |
| Nikolay Goryaev | ... | visual effects supervisor: Algous Studio |
| Anton Gridchin | ... | technical director: Asymmetric VFX |
| Dmitry Grigoryev | ... | digital compositor (as Dmitriy Grigorev) |
| Elena Gulyashko | ... | vfx i/o assistant: Asymmetric VFX |
| Margarita Gureva | ... | Senior Texture Artist |
| Maks Gureyev | ... | animation supervisor: Film Direction FX |
| Alexey Gusev | ... | visual effects producer: Algous Studio (as Aleksey Gusev) |
| Igor Guziev | ... | digital effects artist: Algous Studio |
| Valery Hayrapetyan | ... | visual effects artist: Sci-FX Studio (as Valerii Airapetian) |
| Vladimir Iustinov | ... | visual effects artist: Asymmetric VFX |
| Eduard Kargin | ... | visual effects supervisor: Sci-FX Studio |
| Alexandr Karpov | ... | di supervisor |
| Vladimir Kasian | ... | stereoscopic supervisor |
| Ekaterina Kharaim | ... | visual effects coordinator: Trigraph |
| Stanislav Khodjaev | ... | visual effects artist: Film Direction FX |
| Timur Khodzhaev | ... | lead compositor |
| Igor Klimovsky | ... | visual effects producer |
| Maksim Koen | ... | digital compositor |
| Aleksey Korolyov | ... | compositor & matchmove artist |
| Mikhail Korovyansky | ... | visual effects supervisor: Muravey Production |
| Nick Kostomarov | ... | digital effects artist: Algous Studio (as Nikolay Kostomarov) |
| Vladimir Kozhekin | ... | digital compositing supervisor: Asymmetric VFX |
| Svetlana Krapivina | ... | visual effects coordinator: Algous Studio |
| Viktor Lakisov | ... | visual effects supervisor: Asymmetric VFX |
| Danil Lavrentev | ... | digital compositor: Piastro VFX |
| Nahuel Letizia | ... | visual effects artist |
| Lucy Lisitsina | ... | cgi coordinator |
| Ekaterina Lozovenko | ... | digital effects artist: Algous Studio (as Katerina Lozovenko) |
| Maria Malaya | ... | compositor: TRIGRAPH |
| Veronika Maley | ... | digital effects artist: Algous Studio |
| Yasmina Maslova | ... | compositor: TRIGRAPH |
| Mikhail Milotvorskiy | ... | animator (as Michael Milotvorsky) |
| Vakhtang Muradyan | ... | compositing artist |
| Martin Naydenski | ... | visual effects artist: Bottleship VFX |
| Olga Nikulina | ... | visual effects producer: Trigraph |
| Andrey Orekhov | ... | animator: Film Direction FX |
| Dmitry Ovcharenko | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Peter Pankovsky | ... | digital compositor |
| Evgenia Panusheva | ... | visual effects artist |
| Elena Pestrikova | ... | digital compositor |
| Alexandr Petrov | ... | digital compositor |
| Gleb Raychenkov | ... | digital compositor |
| Trofim Romanov | ... | digital compositor |
| Andrew Savchenko | ... | stereo compositor |
| Slava Sexton | ... | compositing artist (as Viacheslav Ponomarev) |
| Denys Shchukin | ... | visual effects supervisor: Chimney |
| Dmitriy Shirokov | ... | compositing supervisor: PixelBears |
| Ilya Shutov | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Anna Silakova | ... | digital compositor: Asymmetric VFX |
| Aleksandr Sknarin | ... | head of 3d department: Film Direction FX |
| Vlad Skrypnyk | ... | technical effects director |
| Mykhailo Slavov | ... | stereo compositor |
| George Stalevarov | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Constantine Tarasenkov | ... | rigger |
| Dmitriy Tokoyakov | ... | visual effects supervisor: Piastro VFX |
| Lev Torosiants | ... | digital compositor |
| Vitaliy Treboganov | ... | digital compositor: Film Direction FX |
| Dennis Tsoi | ... | digital compositor |
| Aleksey Udaltsov | ... | digital compositor |
| Ruslan Umagulov | ... | digital compositor: Film Direction FX |
| Darya Vasilyeva | ... | visual effects coordinator: Film Direction FX |
| Hristo Velev | ... | visual effects artist: Bottleship VFX |
| Sergey Vinogradov | ... | animator: Film Direction FX |
| Vladimir Muzalev | ... | visual effects artist |
| Denis Volkov | ... | digital compositor |
| Ilya Vostrov | ... | modeling: Film Direction FX |
| Anna Wergun | ... | visual effects coordinator: Film Direction FX |
| Maksym Zabolotnyi | ... | visual effects artist |
| Maria Zaykovskaya | ... | visual effects producer |
| Sergey Zaytsev | ... | generalist |
| Aleksey Tarasenko | ... | Visual Effects Producer: Raketa Film (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Andrey Chistyakov | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Dmitriy Galkin | ... | stunt performer |
| Zdenek Gloser | ... | stunt performer |
| Nikolay Gubenkov | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Jirí Kuba | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Marek Pinc | ... | stunts: Horse rider |
| Aleksandr Stetsenko | ... | stunt coordinator (as Alexandr Stetsenko) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Martin Carda | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera |
| Viky Hermanek | ... | crane operator |
| Michael Laakmann | ... | stereographer: Stereotec |
| Florian Maier | ... | lead stereographer |
| Martin Mecko | ... | digital imaging technician |
| Jan Rocnak | ... | key grip |
| Marcus Zaiser | ... | stereoscopic technician: Stereotec |
Animation Department
| Vitaliy Shubin | ... | animator |
| Igor Shumilov | ... | animator |
Location Management
| David Koranda | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | ... | orchestra |
| Jan Holzner | ... | orchestra recording/mixing engineer |
| Adam Klemens | ... | conductor |
| Vitek Kral | ... | score engineer assistant |
Additional Crew
| Karina Mirzoyan | ... | backstage director |
| Daniele Siragusano | ... | post production technical director: Cinepostproduction |
Production Companies
- Ankor-Film
- Galaxy Vision
- Marins Group Entertaiment
- Muravey Production
- Russian Cinema Fund (with the support of)
- Russian Film Group
- Telekanal INTER
Distributors
- CJ CGV Viet Nam (2014) (Vietnam) (theatrical)
- Elite Filmes (2015) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Futuretainment (2014) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Interfilm Distribution (2014) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
- Shooting Stars (2014) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
- Star Films (2016) (Peru) (theatrical)
- Top Film Baltic (2014) (Estonia) (theatrical)
- Top Film Baltic (2014) (Latvia) (theatrical)
- Top Film Baltic (2014) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
- Ukrainian Film Distribution (UFD) (2014) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2014) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Amazon Freevee (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Amazon Instant Video (2015) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Entertainment One (2015) (Canada) (DVD)
- Entertainment One (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Film Total (2021) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Filmbox (2017) (Poland) (tv)
- Focus Filmes (2015) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Google Play (2015) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Gravel Road Entertainment Group (2017) (South Africa)
- High Fliers Films (2015) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- IPA Asia Pacific (2013) (Thailand)
- Janson Media (2022) (Canada)
- Janson Media (2022) (United Kingdom)
- Janson Media (2022) (United States)
- MagentaTV (2018) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Maxdome Store (2018) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Maxdome (2018) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Midnight Factory (2016) (Italy) (Blu-ray)
- Midnight Factory (2016) (Italy) (DVD)
- My Movies Distribution (2015) (South Africa)
- Paramount Pictures (2015) (Spain) (DVD)
- Rakuten TV (2018) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Seven Sept (2015) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Seven Sept (2015) (France) (DVD)
- Sky Store (2015) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Tele 5 TM-TV (2018) (Germany) (tv)
- Tele 5 (2018) (Germany) (tv)
- Tiberius Film (2015) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Tiberius Film (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Transformer (2015) (Japan) (DVD)
- Videobuster.de (2018) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Videoload (2015) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- Youtube Filme & TV (2024) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- iTunes (2015) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
Special Effects
- "Ulitka" Studio (visual effects)
- Algous Studio
- Asymmetric VFX (visual effects)
- Bottleship VFX (visual effects)
- FX Design Group (special make-up effects)
- Maer Film (visual effects)
- Muravey Production
- Raketa Film (stereo conversion)
- Sci-FX (visual effects)
- Trigraph (digital visual effects)
Other Companies
- ARRI Rental (camera equipment provided by)
- ARRI Rental (grip and lighting equipment)
- Barrandov Studios (costumes supplied by)
- CineLab Sound Mix (Sound Re-recording)
- CinePostproduction (post-production services)
- Egida Euro (post-production facilities)
- Panoptimo (S3D video & digital imaging services)
- Prague Studios (studio facilities provided by)
- Stereotec - Stereoscopic Technologies (stereoscopic shooting services)
- Warner Bros. De Lane Lea (adr recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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. Written by RFG |
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| Taglines | Ne boysya... (Don't be afraid...) See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $26,000,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $39,539,416, 07 Apr 2014 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Despite the fact that this was the highest grossing Russian movie of 2014, it did not get a cinematic release in most other countries. A lawsuit between two of the film's production companies over budget issues caused a significant production delay, after which, a distribution deal for the international market was cancelled. As a result, the movie was released direct-to-DVD in many big markets such as the U.S. and the U.K. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by Iron Mask (2019). See more » |
| Quotes |
Dzhonatan Grin:
I'm a scientist. See more » |