Three Heroes: The Heiress to the Throne

"For Fun / For Zabava"

2018 1h 30m RU

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★6.8TMDB · 33

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Synopsis

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The Prince of Kiev decided to appoint an heir to the throne, only bad luck - who could it be? A relative, friend of the family or maybe an overseas princess? Without thinking twice, the Prince-Father chooses almost a princess, and most importantly a relative - his niece Zabava. Today, she and her husband, Elisha (do you remember the faithful student of Dobryni Nikitich?), Receive her education in faraway Constantinople, where the treacherous Vasileus rules. In order to return the heiress to her native lands, three heroes are sent in a hurry, and, of course, the main court horse, Julius.

“For Fun / For Zabava”

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Cast

Sergey Makovetskiy
Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
Valeri Solovyev
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Ilya Muromets, voice acting
Oleg Kulikovich
Alyosha Popovich, voice acting
Dmitry Vysotsky
Yuliy, voice acting
Konstantin Bronzit
Leonid, voice acting
Mikhail Chernyak
storyteller, voice acting
Aleksandr Boyarsky
Vasileus (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Konstantin Bronzit
Writers: Konstantin Bronzit, Vadim Sveshnikov, Maxim Sveshnikov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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

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AWARDS

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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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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CAST

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Sergey Makovetskiy and Valeri Solovyev and Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Konstantin Bronzit directs. Sergey Glezin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.
4Released 8 years ago.
5Part of the "Three Heroes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
7Editor Sergey Glezin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sergey Makovetskiy and Valeri Solovyev and Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "For Fun / For Zabava".
10IMDB entry: tt8682096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Sergey Glezin
Production design: Darya Ivanova
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,500,000
Box office: $9,343,827
Return: 374% of budget
Original language: RU
Certification (US): 6+
IMDB: Three Heroes: The Heiress to the Throne (2018)

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.