Upon the Magic Roads
5.7
Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
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Cast
27 people
Anton Shagin
Ivan-Durak
Known for
Hipsters
Hammer
Pavel Derevyanko
The Little Humpbacked Horse (voice)
Known for
Salyut-7
Fortress of War
Mikhail Efremov
king
Known for
Generation P
12
Paulina Andreeva
princess
Known for
Better Than Us
Method
Yan Tsapnik
sleeping bag
Known for
Brigada
Trigger
Oleg Taktarov
general
Known for
Predators
National Treasure
Lyaysan Utyasheva
Firebird (voice)
Known for
The Snow Queen: Mirror Lands
Aleksandr Semchev
Whale (voice)
Known for
The Last Warrior
Our Russia: Eggs of Destiny
Vladimir Dikun
sagittarius
Also in
A Clerical Rat. A Big Redo
Vitaly Kopnin
herald
Also in
Bender: The Beginning
Ekaterina Baygozina
damsel
Also in
Anna K
Abigail
Alina Nedobitko
Russian beauty
Also in
Seven Wishes
Oleg Pogodin Director · Alexei Borodachyov Screenplay Pyotr Ershov Story
Director Screenplay
Oleg Pogodin
Screenplay
Alexei Borodachyov
Story
Pyotr Ershov
Composer
Ivan Burlyaev
Composer
Alexandr Shevchenko
Composer
Konstantin Kupriyanov
Cinematographer
Vladimir Bashta
Editor
Serik Beyseu
Editor
Konstantin Larchenko
Production designer
Anastasiya Karamulina
Production designer
Izabela Tikhonska
Costume designer
Nadezhda Vasileva
Costume designer
Olga Mikhaylova
Budget $8M · First release February 18, 2021 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Budget
$8,020,000
Production
CTB Film Company
Production
Russia 1
Production
CGF Films
Production
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Конёк-Горбунок
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 2021
Digital
Russia · February 18, 2021
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 1, 2021 · Digital · VOD
December 1, 2021 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
December 24, 2021 · Digital · MyCanal
South Korea
January 13, 2026 · Digital · 2023-MF03403
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