The Witches Cave (Russian: Подземелье ведьм) is a 1989 science fantasy film from Gorky Film Studio, USSR and Barrandov Studios, Czechoslovakia.
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Directed by | Yuri Moroz |
Written by | Kir Bulychov[1] |
Produced by | Igor Nosov Vladislav Sverkunov |
Starring | Sergey Zhigunov Marina Levtova Dmitry Pevtsov Nikolai Karachentsov Igor Yasulovich Zhanna Prokhorenko |
Cinematography | Alexander Filatov Alexander Krupnikov |
Edited by | Valentina Mironova |
Music by | Maksim Dunayevsky |
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Running time | 81 min |
Countries | Soviet Union Czechoslovakia |
Language | Russian |
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]
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]