Three Heroes and the Navel of the World

2023 1h 25m RU

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 22

AnimationAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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New adventures of three bogatyrs and their comrade-in-arms Julius Horse.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Oleg Kulikovich
Valeri Solovyev
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Sergey Makovetskiy
Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
Dmitry Vysotsky
Anatoli Petrov
Mikhail Chernyak
Alisa Boyarskaya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Konstantin Feoktistov
Writers: Aleksandr Boyarsky, Aleksandra Shokha
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Three Heroes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Georgy Zheryakov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sergey Glezin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Oleg Kulikovich and Valeri Solovyev and Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt27526478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Konstantin Feoktistov directs. Georgy Zheryakov scores. Sergey Glezin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Part of the "Three Heroes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Georgy Zheryakov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sergey Glezin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Oleg Kulikovich and Valeri Solovyev and Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt27526478 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Georgy Zheryakov
Editing: Sergey Glezin
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Box office: $13,028,535
Original language: RU
Certification (US): 6+
IMDB: Three Heroes and the Navel of the World (2023)

Part of

Three Heroes Collection

The Three Bogatyrs (Три богатыря) is an animated franchise produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio. Voices of Sergey Makovetsky, Dmitry Vysotsky, Liya Medvedeva, Valery Soloviev, Oleg Kulikovich, Oleg Tabakov, Anatoly Petrov, Andrei Tolubeyev and Fyodor Bondarchuk with Elizaveta Boyarskaya are featured in the films. The overall plot through the series follows the adventures of three most famous bogatyrs: Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets.