Land of Legends explained

Land of Legends
Director:Anton Megerdichev
Cinematography:Sergey Astakhov
Music:Igor Vdovin
Studio:
Distributor:Central Partnership
Runtime:160 minutes
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Budget:714.3 million
Gross:934 million[1]

Land of Legends (Russian: Сердце Пармы|lit='''''Heart of Parma''''') is a 2022 Russian epic historical fantasy film directed by Anton Megerdichev. It is an adaptation of the historical novel Heart of Parma (ru) written by Alexei Ivanov and published in 2003.[2] The book is based on the events of the 15th century and talks about the conquest of Great Perm by Moscow. The film stars Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Mironov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Elena Erbakova, Sergei Puskepalis, and Aleksey Rozin joining the cast.

Principal photography began in August 2019 and ended in February 2020,[2] the film was shot on the territory of the Perm Krai, and the Moscow Oblast were selected. Unique scenery were built on the banks of the Usva and Kosva rivers: wooden and stone cities, fortresses, stilt houses.[3] [4] [5]

It was released in wide release on October 6, 2022, by Central Partnership.

Plot

The film takes place in the 15th century in the Ural, which Moscow troops want to capture. Mikhail, Prince of Great Perm with the help of local residents and old gods will try to fight back.[6]

According to the authors, the epic drama Heart of Parma is the history of the confrontation between two worlds: the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ural Parma, the ancient Perm lands inhabited by pagans. Here heroes and ghosts, princes and shamans, Voguls and Muscovites will clash. At the center of the conflict of civilizations is the fate of the Russian prince Mikhail, who fell in love with the young Tiche, a witch-lamia capable of taking on the form of a lynx. Passion for the pagan and fidelity to forbidden love, a campaign against the Voguls, bloody battles and a short peace, the battle between Grand Duchy of Moscow and Parma, the hero will face trials in which it is not so terrible to part with life as to commit treason.

Cast

Production

Development

In 2005, the rights to the film adaptation were bought by the Central Partnership company, the director of the TV series Brigada by Aleksey Sidorov, was supposed to be the director. In July 2008, it became known that the company did not intend to make the film. In 2014, Star Media Company acquired the rights to film adaptation of the novel from Alexei Ivanov. The film was originally directed by Sergei Bodrov. He later withdrew from the production due to being busy, but remained as screenwriter.

On March 21, 2019, at the pitching of the film companies leading the Cinema Foundation of Russia, producer Igor Tolstunov announced the cast of the film adaptation of Alexei Ivanov's novel Heart of Parma, which will be directed by Anton Megerdichev, responsible for the film Going Vertical (2017).

Filming

The filming took place on the territory of the Perm Krai.

In the village of Schegolevo, Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast,[8] and in the vicinity of Gubakha, Perm Krai,[9] unique decorations were built on the banks of the Usva and Vishera River: wooden and stone cities, fortresses, and houses on stilts. Heart of Parma is already considered one of the most difficult staged projects of Russian cinema.

In total, more than 2,000 people took part in the project during the entire filming period, including a film crew of 150 people. The extras, recruited in the area of the town of Gubakha, where the filming took place, deliberately did not shave their beards for several months in order to appear in both the summer and winter blocks.[10]

The costumes of the inhabitants of the fictional water city of Uros were made to order from real fish skin.

At the end of filming in Gubakha, the producers of the project decided not to disassemble the scenery, but to use the built city as a historical and tourist site. The large-scale decoration "Cherdyn" was donated to the city administration. It is planned to make an observation deck on the site of the city's scenery and install information boards with QR codes that will direct you to a site that tells about the sights of Gubakha and the filming of the project.

Post-production

The film includes large-scale battle scenes, special effects, and carefully designed costume details, props, and weapons.

Release

On August 26, 2022, the film opened the screening program of the 44th Moscow International Film Festival.

Land of Legends premiered at the "Karo 11 October" cinema in Moscow on September 28, and in Perm on October 5, 2022. It was theatrically released in the Russian Federation from October 6, 2022.

Notes and References

  1. https://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111025022/ Box Office
  2. Web site: "Сердце Пармы": Как Кузнецов, Бондарчук и Миронов снимались в экранизации романа Алексея Иванова . . September 21, 2020 . KinoReporter . ru.
  3. Web site: На съемках фильма "Сердце Пармы" незаконно вырубили лес парка "Пермский" . Russian . On the set of the film Heart of Parma the forest of the park "Permsky" was illegally cut down . IZ.RU . July 23, 2019 .
  4. Web site: Режиссер Антон Мегердичев приступил к съёмкам "Сердца Пармы" в Пермском крае . Russian . . Pravda.Ru . 2019-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191208094142/https://cinema.pravda.ru/news/1500417-kino/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Антон Мегердичев приступил к съёмкам "Сердца Пармы" . Russian . Anton Megerdichev started filming Heart of Parma . kinobusiness.com .
  6. Web site: Сердце Пармы / Land of Legends (2022) . . Russian.
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPMOxC5yRE0 Елена Ербакова в Бригаде У про фильм «Сердце пармы»
  8. Web site: История с мистикой: завершились съёмки "Сердца Пармы" . Russian . A story with mysticism: the shooting of Heart of Parma has ended . vesti.ru . February 22, 2020 . September 21, 2020.
  9. Web site: Казнь вогула и один день со съемок "Сердца Пармы" в Губахе . Russian . . Yakuncheva . Olga . December 24, 2019 . 59.ru . May 17, 2021.
  10. Web site: "Сердце Пармы": Как Кузнецов, Бондарчук и Миронов снимались в экранизации романа Алексея Иванова . Russian . Land of Legends, also known as Heart of Parma . April 19, 2019 . Movie Tops . September 21, 2020.