Primary Russia

1985 film

Valentin Ivanov [ru]
Gennady Vasilyev
Mikhail Vorfolomeyev

Produced byIgor ZuyevStarring

Lyudmila Chursina
Boris Nevzorov
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Margarita Terekhova
Elena Kondulainen

CinematographyAleksandr GaribyanEdited byValeria VasilyevaMusic byAleksey Rybnikov

Production
company

Gorky Film Studio

Release date

1985 (1985)

Running time

140 min.CountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

Primary Russia (Russian: Русь изначальная, romanized: Rus iznachalnaya) is a 1985 Soviet historical epic film directed by Gennady Vasilyev.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

The film takes place in Ancient Rus', when Ratibor united the Slavs into one army and rebuffed the nomads.^[4]

Cast

Lyudmila Chursina as Aneya
Boris Nevzorov as Vseslav
Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Emperor Justinian
Margarita Terekhova as Theodora
Elena Kondulainen as Mlava
Arnis Licitis as Malkh
Igor Dmitriev as Tribonian
Vladimir Talashko as Demetrius
Vladimir Antonik as Ratibor
Viktor Gogolev as Velimudr^[5]
Mikhail Kokshenov as Kolot
Mikhail Svetin as Repartius
Yevgeny Steblov as Hypatius
Elguja Burduli as Belisarius
Georgi Yumatov as sentenced to death

References

^ В рамках партпроекта «Историческая память» для учащихся школы №186 прошел показ исторического фильма
^ Эксперты: Фильм «Спортлото-82» дал старт популярности Михаила Кокшенова
^ Утонченная и элегантная: 75 лет Людмиле Чурсиной
^ Русь изначальная // КиноПоиск
^ Primary Russia (1986) Full Cast / Crew