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Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov.

Leading Russian sales agent and distributor Central Partnership is launching pre-sales at Afm on big-budget action film Fire.

Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov, who collaborated on Olympic basketball movie Three Seconds (aka Going Vertical), Russia’s highest-grossing film ever.

Fire follows so-called “smoke jumpers”, rescuers called on to show extreme bravery on a regular basis in putting out forest fires. The film, which is in post-production,...

Good news, Russian film fans! Pavel Lungin’s lavish thriller Queen of Spades will be released On-demand & on digital platforms in the Us, UK, Australia and New Zealand on October 30, 2018, from Samuel Goldwyn Films. The film was co-produced by famed Russian producer Fedor Bondarchuk and stars Kseniya Rappoport (The Double Hour), Ivan Yankovskiy (Ikariya), Mariya Kurdenevich (Za Toboy), Evgeniy Zelenskiy, and Igor Mikurbinov (Generation P). Synopsis: Once upon a time, the great soprano Sophia Maier conquered the world with her voice, her beauty and the legend she carefully built around herself. Now, only the legend remains- the diva herself hasn’t performed for years, nor been seen in the glittering circles of society she once dominated. But the woman who fascinated...

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Samuel Goldwyn Films is set to release the psychotic thriller Queen of Spades. A Russian language film, Queen of Spades will be available, through Digital platforms, late in October. This foreign title involves a great soprano, Sophia Maier (Rappoport), who wants to return to the stage. After being away for so long, Sophia must use her guile to find center stage again. Queen of Spades was written and directed by Pavel Lungin. As well, this title stars: Kseniya Rappoport (The Double Hour), Ivan Yankovskiy (Ikariya), Mariya Kurdenevich (Za Toboy), Evgeniy Zelenskiy, and Igor Mikurbinov (Generation P). The official release details, for Queen of Spades, are hosted here. The trailer shows Maier in all her glory. Part legend and part Diva, Maier will use anyone to get back onstage. However, the trip back from obscurity is a challenging one, full of pitfalls. Samuel Goldwyn Films has set October 30th as the film's release date.

Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired rights to Pavel Lungin’s Russian thriller, Queen Of Spades and will release the film On-demand & Digital platforms October 30 in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand!

The film stars Kseniya Rappoport (The Double Hour), Ivan Yankovskiy (Ikariya), Mariya Kurdenevich (Za Toboy), Evgeniy Zelenskiy, and Igor Mikurbinov (Generation P).

Synopsis:

Once upon a time, the great soprano Sophia Maier conquered the world with her voice, her beauty and the legend she carefully built around herself. Now, only the legend remains- the diva herself hasn't performed for years, nor been seen in the glittering circles of society she once dominated.

But the woman who fascinated and thrilled the wo...