Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1979)
A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
Director: Valery Rubinchik
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Boris Plotnikov as Andrey Beloretsky, ethnographer |
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Elena Dimitrova as Nadezhda Yanovskaya, mistress of the estate Marsh Yalins |
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Boris Khmelnitsky as Ales' Vorona |
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Albert Filozov as Ignatius Berman-Gatsevich, manager of the Janowski estate |
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Valentina Shendrikova as Widow Mrs. Kulsha |
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Roman Filippov as pan Dubotovk |
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Mariya Kapnist as housekeeper |
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Viktor Ilichyov as bailiff |
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Boris Romanov as forensic investigator |
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Yuriy Dubrovin as forensic doctor |
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Alexander Kharitonov as Andrey Svetilovich |
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Igor Klass as Rygor |
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Vladimir Fyodorov as Basil Gatsevich, brother of Ignatius |
| Directing | Valery Rubinchik | Director |
| Writing | Valery Rubinchik | Writer |
| Art | Ivan Romanovsky | Set Decoration |
| Art | Aleksandr Chertovich | Production Design |
| Sound | Viktor Mors | Sound |
| Writing | Vladimir Korotkevich | Novel |
| Sound | Evgeniy Glebov | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eleonora Semyonova | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Tatyana Loginova | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lyudmila Mikulo | Editor |