Forbidden Empire

Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.

Director

Oleg Stepchenko

Written by

Alexander Karpov, Oleg Stepchenko, Nikolai Gogol

Produced by

Alexander Kulikov, Alexey A. Petrukhin, Anatoly Sergeev

Cinematographers

Vladimír Smutný, Yaroslav Pilunskyi

Editor

Petr Zelenov

Sound Designers

Arcady Noskov, Ivan Titov

Studios

Russian Film Group, Marinsgroup

Origin countries

United Kingdom, Russia

Production countries

United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic

Runtime

2h 8m

Language

ru

Rating

R

Also known as

Forbidden Kingdom, The Forbidden Kingdom

TMDB

5.9/10 (335 votes)

IMDb

5.2/10 (6,882 votes)