Forbidden Empire
5.2
“The truth is in you”
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.
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3 films
Cast
27 people
Jason Flemyng
Jonathan Green
Known for
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Aleksey Chadov
Petrus
Known for
9th Company
The Blackout
Agniya Ditkovskite
Nastusya
Known for
Hooked on the Game
Dance to Death
Yuriy Tsurilo
Sotnik
Known for
The Fool
Hard to Be a God
Olga Zaytseva
Pannochka
Also in
The Club
Vocation
Aleksandr Yakovlev
Overko
Known for
Half a Chance
Metro
Igor Jijikine
Dorosh
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Safe
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Yavtukh
Known for
Night Watch
Black Lightning
Nina Ruslanova
Zhena Yavtukha
Known for
Heart of a Dog
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
Viktor Bychkov
Kuznets
Known for
Zhuki
Peculiarities of the National Fishing
Ivan Mokhovikov
Bursak Khalyava
Also in
Soldiers
Taxist
Anatoliy Gushchin
Bursak Gorobets
Known for
Vamps
Oleg Stepchenko Director · Alexander Karpov Screenplay Nikolai Gogol Story
Worldwide gross $35M · Budget $26M · United States release May 22, 2015
Box office
Budget
$26,000,000
Worldwide gross
$34,592,118
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Russian Film Group
Production
Marinsgroup
Production
Ankor-Film
Production
Muravey Production
Production
Inter
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
Russia · Ukraine · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Вий
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
Kazakhstan · January 30, 2014
Theatrical
Russia · January 30, 2014
Theatrical
United States · May 22, 2015
Digital
Brazil
July 2, 2015 · Theatrical
France
May 15, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
July 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Japan
April 3, 2015 · Digital
Spain
October 8, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 1, 2015 · Physical
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