Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing

Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing (2020)

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Wait: the talking horse Julius fell in love! And this time everything is serious – he asks for a hand, that is, the hooves of a royal mare named the Star of the East from Sultan Rashid. But only a person of royal blood can woo a mare of royal blood.Julius turns to the prince of Kiev for help, but is refused. But our groom does not intend to give up love. He kidnaps the prince and forcibly takes him to the sultan for matchmaking. And the heroes also have a business in the eastern side. All will converge on the big races where the winner takes it all.

Date of release
2020-12-31
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Animation, Adventure
Director
Konstantin Feoktistov, Darina Shmidt
Collection
Three Heroes Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $4.9M
  • Budget: RUB 180M

Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing is a 2020 animated Russian folklore spin-off film written by Vadim Sveshnikov, Maxim Sveshnikov, Alexsandr Boyarskiy and directed by Darina Schmidt and Konstantin Feoktistov. The writers and producers of The Three Bogatyrs resumed production in the tenth film of the Russian animated saga. Veteran producers for the series as well as CTB Film Company, Sergey Selyanov and Alexander Boyarsky resumed production for the film. Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing is the sequel to Three Heroes and The Heiress to the Throne (2018) and is dedicated to the feats of the character Bogatyr horse Julius.

Production

In November 2018, announcement was made of the new installment to the series titled Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing. The creators of the series intended to present a feature film on one of the series' most beloved characters, horse Julius. The horse has been depicted as a sarcastic but faithful bay horse with a red mane. The character's Homeric punch lines are famous throughout the series.

The script written by the Sveshnikovs and Alexander Boyarsky developed the characteristic of Julius and in general the comedy of the series into a spin-off type film. The theme of developing one's innate abilities and talents is described in the film through the bumbling character Julius who despite flaws can manage to find friends and allies while at the same time execute ambitious plans as seen in the finale international horse race competition…

The film is the tenth cartoon in the cycle of The Three Heroes based on Russian culture and history. The film series depicts the titular bogatyr knights in animated format. Darina Schmidt, who was previously worked for such films as Luntik and Smeshariki became the director of the film.

In March 2018, Sergey Selyanov presented the film to the Cinema Foundation. Leading up to the holiday season of 2020, cinema chains KARO and Kinomax allied in a strategic joint advertising merger that will bolster the Russian film industry.

Film producer Alexander Boyarsky, states the film is "A fun, good New Year's picture, a funny character, we love him, we hope that the audience also loves him. And the story of his matchmaking formed the basis of the film, around it, in general, everything revolves around the idea." The film is catered to the family audience with emphasis on a festive mood. The film was one of the anticipated releases of the New Year.

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