''Palmyra'' (russian: Пальмира, Palmira, lit=''Palmyra''), or (russian: link=no, Однажды в Пустыне, lit=''Once in the Desert'') is a 2022 Russian

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Andrei Kravchuk Andrei Yurievich Kravchuk (russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Кравчу́к; born 13 April 1962 in Leningrad) is a Russian television and film director and screenwriter best known for his films '' The Italian'' (2005) and '' Admiral'' ( ...

, tells about the sappers who work the Russian military operation in Syria. It was theatrically released on February 17, 2022.

Plot

The film is set in May, 2016. The film tells about the Russian

sapper A sapper, also called a pioneer or combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing ...

s of the demining detachment who were preparing

Palmyra Palmyra (; Palmyrene: () ''Tadmor''; ar, تَدْمُر ''Tadmur'') is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early secon ...

for the concert of the

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it w ...

Cast

Aleksandr Robak Aleksandr Removich Robak (russian: Александр Рэмович Робак; born 28 December 1973) is a Russian actor, director, film producer. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1999. One of the most popular and best Russian actors i ...

as Shaberov * Pavel Chinaryov as Zhilin * Aleksandr Metyolkin as Makarsky * Ekaterina Nesterova as Jamila *

Igor Gordin Igor Gennadyevich Gordin (russian: И́горь Генна́дьевич Го́рдин; born 6 May 1965) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).

Major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

* Polina Pushkaruk as Zhilin's wife * Vitaliya Korniyenko as Zhilin's daughter * Anna Potebnya as Shaberov's daughter * Aleksey Komashko as the groom of Shaberov's daughter

Production

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

took place in the

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject ( republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory ...

, and was completed in November of that year, with some of the filming done by Syrian film producers who shot outdoor scenes in

itself for the producers.Режиссер Кравчук рассказал о съемках «Союза спасения»
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References

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