The Enchanted Tinderbox

The Enchanted Tinderbox (2024)

Огниво

In a kingdom shrouded in darkness, the malevolent VileGuile seized power, casting a wicked enchantment over the Queen and imprisoning the blind little princess, Darya, within the Enchanted Tinderbox. Fate intervenes as the box finds its way into the hands of the carefree roisterer Johnny whose only dream was to live an easy life. Travelling with Darya, John undergoes a profound transformation. His once-selfish nature gives way to courage and generosity, evolving into a true hero. Alongside their faithful companions, the merry aeronaut Jean and the magical horse Good Pathfinder, John and Darya's journey takes them to the sombre caves of dwarf miners, where they forge the unbreakable friendship, and to the ethereal sky kingdom of magic ladybirds, leading John to understanding the boundless power of love and self-sacrifice.

Date of release
2024-10-24
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Family
Director
Alexander Voitinsky

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: RUB 275M

The Enchanted Tinderbox is a 2024 Russian fantasy film loosely based on the 1835 fairy tale The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was directed by Aleksandr Voytinskiy, who co-wrote the script with Aleksandr Arkhipov and starred Roman Evdokimov, Irina Starshenbaum, Antonina Boyko, Vitaly Khaev, Mikhail Trukhin, and Yan Tsapnik in supporting roles.

Production

On August 2, 2023, the CTB Film Company, the Russia-1 TV channel, and the CGF Films, with the support of the Cinema Fund, began filming the full-length film The Enchanted Tinderbox based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.

The film combines characters from many Russian fairy tales. The creators of The Enchanted Tinderbox previously worked on the films Upon the Magic Roads, which became one of the highest-grossing Russian releases and grossed more than one billion rubles in 2021, as well as Wish of the Fairy Fish, which was released on October 26, 2023.

Principal photography began in August 2023, filming is taking place in the Republic of Karelia, the city of Saint Petersburg, as well as in the Novgorod Oblast is a region on the territory of such historical sites as the Novgorod Kremlin, the Vitoslavlitsy Museum-Reserve and the Znamenskoye Compound.

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