Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber

2007 1h 20m RU

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6.7

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6.9

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★6.7TMDB · 90★6.9IMDB · 2,466

ComedyAnimationAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Sparrow the Robber.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Valeri Solovyev
Ilya Muromets (voice)
Sergey Makovetskiy
Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
Oleg Tabakov
Vasilevs (voice)
Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya
Alenushka (voice)
Andrei Tolubeyev
Solovey Razboynik (voice)
Yuri Tarasov
assistant Vasilevs (voice)
Anatoliy Petrov
погонщик слона Бизнеса/слуга Василевса/пройдоха
Natalya Danilova
мама Ильи Муромца/глухая старушка с клюкой (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vladimir Toropchin
Writers: Aleksandr Boyarsky, Maxim Sveshnikov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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

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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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5 / 7

CAST

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Valeri Solovyev and Sergey Makovetskiy and Oleg Tabakov carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1189893 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vladimir Toropchin directs. Sergey Glezin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Part of the "Three Heroes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor Sergey Glezin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Valeri Solovyev and Sergey Makovetskiy and Oleg Tabakov carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1189893 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 90 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Sergey Glezin
Production design: Oleg Markelov
Runtime: 80 min · 1h 20m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $10,490,651
Original language: RU
IMDB: Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber (2007)
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 2,466 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

1 nomination total

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.