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The Widow

The Widow

An urban legend. A terrifying truth.

20205.71h 20m

Overview

Based on real events. In a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades. The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others. They call it the Limping Widow.

Directed by Ivan Minin
Written by Ivan Minin, Ivan Kapitonov, Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
Produced by Ivan Kapitonov, Svyatoslav Podgaevsky, Alexander Emelyanov
Box Office0Revenue: $138K

Top Cast

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Viktoriya Potemina

Vika

Anastasiya Gribova

Anastasiya Gribova

Christina

Margarita Bychkova

Margarita Bychkova

Zoya

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Ilya Agapov

Ilya

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Alexey Aniskin

Lyosha

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Konstantin Nesterenko

Andrey

Oleg Chugunov

Oleg Chugunov

Nikita

Themes & Keywords

caveforesturban legendspelunking

About The Widow

The Widow is a horror, thriller film released in 2020 exploring themes of cave, forest, urban legend, spelunking. Directed by Ivan Minin, it stars Viktoriya Potemina, Anastasiya Gribova, Margarita Bychkova. Based on real events. In a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades. The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others. They call it the Limping Widow.

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