Land of Legends

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Land of Legends (Russian: Сердце Пармы, lit. 'Heart of Parma') is an upcoming Russian historical epic 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. 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,^[1] the film is being 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.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]

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 Muscovy and Parma, the hero will face trials in which it is not so terrible to part with life as to commit treason.

Cast[]

• Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Perm prince Mikhail Ermolaevich, a centurion of the Komi-Permian, ruler of the Grand Duchy of Great Perm principality.
• Yevgeny Mironov as Baptist Jonah
• Fyodor Bondarchuk as Grand prince Ivan III Vasilyevich of Russia, Grand Duke of Moscow
• Elena Erbakova as Tiche, lamia the sorceress, Prince Mikhail's wife
• Valentin Tszin as Asyka is a Khakan (prince), the Vogul city of Pelym.
• Sergei Puskepalis as Cherdyn voivode Polyud could have ended up in the city of Cherdyn.
• Vladimir Lyubimtsev as Perm prince Burmot - voivode, Prince Mikhail's friend
• Islam Zafesov as Shiban Isur - voivode, the Tatar city of Afkul, Prince Mikhail's friend
• Aleksey Rozin
• Yelena Panova
• Aleksandr Gorbatov
• Roza Khayrullina
• Ivan Porodnov as Moscow warrior
• Vera Tarasova as Evdokiya
• Arseniy Sergeev as Syomka
• Miroslava Mikhailova as Masha

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).

Casting[]

So, the main role - Prince Mikhail - will be played by Aleksandr Kuznetsov, known for the films The Scythian. His wife - Tiche - will be played by Elena Erbakova, an actress from Ulan-Ude, for her this will be a film debut. The role of Bishop Jonah went to Yevgeny Mironov, and the role of Grand Prince Ivan III will be played by Fyodor Bondarchuk.

Filming[]

According to the film group, the filming will soon be completed on the territory of the Perm Krai.

Tatar warrior and Nikolay Naumov, and an aspiring actor from Perm.

In the village of Schegolevo, Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast,^[6] and in the vicinity of Gubakha, Perm Krai,^[7] 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.^[1][8]

The costumes of the inhabitants of the fictional water city of Uros were made to order from real fish skin.^[1]

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.^[1]

Post-production[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Land of Legends at IMDb