The Source of Snakes

The Source of Snakes (1997)

Змеиный источник

Provincial story, beautifully played out in the spirit of the sinister detective. Dina, the student of Pedagogical Institute, comes to the practice to the little town paralyzed with fear. A series of mysterious murders seemingly dissimilar girls forcing residents to think that it is a work of a maniac.

Date of release
1997-01-01
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Romance, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Director
Nikolay Lebedev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $269K

Snake Spring is a 1997 Russian mystery thriller film, and the directorial debut of Nikolai Lebedev. It is one of the first psychological thrillers of Russian cinema after the Soviet Union.

Production

The film was shot in the urban settlements of Proletarsky (Moscow region) and Sharapova Okhota of the Serpukhovsky District of the Moscow region from June 1 to June 27, 1997 – the filming took 26 days, which at the time was one of the quickest shoots in the history of Russian cinematography.

Yevgeny Mironov was initially hired to play the photographer Andrei, but later he himself chose to play school secretary Andron.

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