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Dark World

Dark World

20104.41h 40m

Overview

On a college trip to remote Northern forests, one of the students - Marina - encounters a burial site of an ancient witch, and is possessed by the spirits of the past. Now Marina and her companions must take part in the millennia old fight between good and evil, involving lake witches, sorcerers, and ancient forces from the myths.

Directed by Anton Megerdichev
Written by Alexey Sidorov, Aleksand Dorbinian
Produced by Yuriy Moroz, Aram Movsesyan, Ruben Dishdishyan
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0MRevenue: $8.6M

Top Cast

Svetlana Ivanova

Svetlana Ivanova

Marina

Ivan Zhidkov

Ivan Zhidkov

Kostya

Elena Panova

Elena Panova

Khelvi

Ilya Alekseev

Ilya Alekseev

Artur

Sergey Ugryumov

Sergey Ugryumov

Aleksandr

Mariya Kozhevnikova

Mariya Kozhevnikova

Vika

Tatyana Kuznetsova

Tatyana Kuznetsova

Old woman

Vladimir Nosik

Vladimir Nosik

Sergey Rudolfovich

Denis Yushechkin

Denis Yushechkin

Dzhordan

Kseniya Radchenko

Kseniya Radchenko

Valya

Themes & Keywords

witchcraftbased on myths, legends or folkloremysteriousyoung adultcollege studentmythicalmythical artifactsuspensefulassertive

About Dark World

Dark World is a fantasy, mystery, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of witchcraft, based on myths, legends or folklore, mysterious, young adult, college student, mythical. Directed by Anton Megerdichev, it stars Svetlana Ivanova, Ivan Zhidkov, Elena Panova. On a college trip to remote Northern forests, one of the students - Marina - encounters a burial site of an ancient witch, and is possessed by the spirits of the past. Now Marina and her companions must take part in the millennia old fight between good and evil, involving lake witches, sorcerers, and ancient forces from the myths.

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