''December'' (russian: Декабрь, Dekabr) is an upcoming Russian

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written and directed by

Klim Shipenko Klim Alekseevich Shipenko (russian: Клим Алексеевич Шипенко; born 16 June 1983) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Career Filming in outer space In 2021, Shipenko shot portions of a science ficti ...

about the last days of the life of the poet Sergei Yesenin, performed by Alexander Petrov, as well as Sergey Gilyov,

Kristina Asmus Kristina Igorevna Asmus (russian: link=no, Кристи́на И́горевна А́смус; born ) is a Russian actress. She is known for her television role in the medical sitcom ''Interns (TV series), Interns''. She was named the sexiest Russ ...

Andrey Merzlikin Andrey Ilyich Merzlikin (russian: Андре́й Ильи́ч Мерзли́кин; born 24 March 1973) is a Russian film and theater actor. Early life Andrey Merzlikin was born in Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast. In the first education – radio e ...

Vladimir Vdovichenkov Vladimir Vladimirovich Vdovichenkov (russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Вдовиче́нков; born 13 August 1971) is a Russian theater and screen actor known for his roles in ''Brigada'' (2002) ''Leviathan'' (2014), '' Bu ...

, Aleksandr Samoylenko, and Kirill Nagiyev in their debut cinematic roles. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2023 by

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Plot

Sergei Yesenin, with the help of Isadora Duncan, plans an escape from the Soviet Union and finds himself on incredible adventures.

Cast

* Alexander Petrov as

Sergei Yesenin Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin ( rus, Сергей Александрович Есенин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn; ( 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one o ...

* Sergey Gilyov *

as Yelizaveta Ustinova *

* Aleksandr Samoylenko * Kirill Nagiyev * Mariya Veleshnaya as Isadora Duncan * Sofya Karpunina

Production

wrote the screenplay together with his father, the famous playwright Aleksey Shipenko. The development of the detective will be done by the

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studio, which previously collaborated with the cinematographer during the creation of his previous film, ''

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'' (2019).

Filming

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began in December 2020 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. For the film, large-scale scenery of more than 7 thousand square meters has already been built.

Release

''December'' was theatrically released in the

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was in cinemas across the country from 2023, by

References

External links

Official website
* {{IMDb title, 14716702 2023 films 2023 crime thriller films 2023 drama films 2020s historical drama films 2020s Russian-language films Films directed by Klim Shipenko Films shot in Moscow Films shot in Saint Petersburg Russian crime thriller films Russian detective films Russian historical drama films Upcoming Russian-language films