The Dam
5.0
“You want justice? Overcome the monsters of the past first.”
The film takes place during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. After the Kakhovka dam is blown up, a detachment of Ukrainian soldiers led by a female fighter with the call sign Mara finds themselves in a secret Soviet bunker at the bottom of a reservoir where the USSR conducted human experiments during the Cold War. The consequences of these experiments are still in the bunker in the form of the half-living corpses of Soviet soldiers. Now, in order to survive, Ukrainians need to defeat the Soviet zombies, their own fear, as well as overcome internal disputes and trust each other.
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Part of Heroines of the Dark Ages Collection
5 films
Cast
10 people
Maryna Koshkina
Mara
Known for
Sniper: The White Raven
The Rising Hawk
Dmytro Pavko
Viter
Also in
December 31st Express
Mavka. The True Myth
Volodymyr Rashchuk
Dzhmil
Also in
Bobot
Zradnyky
Oleksandr Yatsentiuk
Monakh
Known for
Pamfir
Mykhailo Dziuba
Vakula
Also in
In Her Car
Kings of Rap
Andrii Podliesnyi
Sheva
No other roles listed
Orest Pasichnyk
Bum
Also in
Be Patient
The Boots Unworn
Iryna Kudashova
Fialka
Also in
Silent Nava
Sex, Insta & ZNO
Vlada Marchevska
Aistra
No other roles listed
Andrii Zhyla
Volodymyr Karlov
Also in
Silent Nava
Coffee with Cardamom
Oleksii Taranenko Director · Yaroslav Voytseshek Writer Viacheslav Rakovskyi Cinematographer
First release October 1, 2025 · Produced in Ukraine · Original title Каховський обʼєкт
Production
FILM.UA Group
Production
Ukraine
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Каховський обʼєкт
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · October 1, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 17, 2026 · Digital
South Korea
July 6, 2026 · Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
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