The Golden Snake (2007)

Directed by

Vladimir Makeranets

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, children's film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 25m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two boys in the Ural region encounter a mythical snake that guards gold. It is a children's fantasy drama based on Russian folklore.

folkloricwhimsicalmysteriousslow-pacedfamily-orientedearthycontemplativefairytale-like

What happens

The Golden Snake (Russian: Золотой полоз, romanized: Zolotoy poloz) is a 2007 Russian fantasy drama film directed by Vladimir Makeranets. It is a loose adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story "The Great Snake" based on the Ural region Russian folklore. It was financed of the Ministry of Culture of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography. The Golden Snake was awarded the "Best Children's Film" prize at the Russian film festival Literatura i Kino in 2008. In the film, two boys meet the legendary creature the Great Snake (also translated as Poloz the Great Snake) from the Ural folklore that has control over gold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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