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Upon the Magic Roads

Upon the Magic Roads

20216.81h 40m

Overview

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

Directed by Oleg Pogodin
Written by Pyotr Ershov, Alexey Borodachev, Oleg Pogodin
Produced by Anton Zlatopolskiy, Alexandr Gorokhov, Sergei Selyanov
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0M0

Top Cast

Anton Shagin

Anton Shagin

Ivan-Durak

Pavel Derevyanko

Pavel Derevyanko

The Little Humpbacked Horse (voice)

Mikhail Efremov

Mikhail Efremov

king

Paulina Andreeva

Paulina Andreeva

princess

Yan Tsapnik

Yan Tsapnik

sleeping bag

Oleg Taktarov

Oleg Taktarov

general

Lyaysan Utyasheva

Lyaysan Utyasheva

Firebird (voice)

Aleksandr Semchev

Aleksandr Semchev

Whale (voice)

Vladimir Dikun

Vladimir Dikun

sagittarius

V

Vitaly Kopnin

herald

Themes & Keywords

journey

About Upon the Magic Roads

Upon the Magic Roads is a adventure, fantasy film released in 2021 exploring themes of journey. Directed by Oleg Pogodin, it stars Anton Shagin, Pavel Derevyanko, Mikhail Efremov. Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

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