''The Bottomless Bag'' (russian: Мешок без дна, Meshok bez dna) is a 2017

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directed by

Rustam Khamdamov Rustam Usmanovich Khamdamov (russian: Руста́м Усма́нович Хамда́мов, born 24 May 1944 in Tashkent) is a Soviet and Russian film director and artist. His film ''Anna Karamazoff'' (1991) was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film ...

. The film is based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 1922 story

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which takes place during the times of

Tsar Alexander II Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Fin ...

Plot

The story takes place during the reign of Russian Emperor Alexander II. The maid of honor of princely palace tells prince a fairy tale that occurs in the XIII century and tells about the mystical murder of prince in the forest. The participants in the story, witnesses of this crime, tell different versions of the incident, which are different from what actually happened.

Cast

Svetlana Nemolyaeva Svetlana Vladimirovna Nemolyaeva (russian: link=no, Светлана Владимировна Немоляева; born 18 April 1937, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress of film and theatre. She is the widow of Alexander Lazarev.(29 July 201 ...

as Lady-in-waiting * Sergey Koltakov as Grand Prince«Мешок без дна» наполнился нечаянными радостями
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Anna Mikhalkova Anna Nikitichna Mikhalkova (Russian: А́нна Ники́тична Михалко́ва; born 14 May 1974, in Moscow) is a Russian actress and model. Her film credits include '' Our Own'', '' Kokoko'' and ''Rasputin''. Her television credits ...

as Empress * Andrey Kuzichev as Prince *

Kirill Pletnyov Kirill Vladimirovich Pletnyov (russian: Кири́лл Влади́мирович Плетнёв; born December 30, 1979, Kharkiv, USSR) is a Russian theater and film actor, film director, screenwriter, producer. Winner of the Sochi Open Russian ...

as robber *

Alla Demidova Alla Sergeyevna Demidova (russian: link=no, А́лла Серге́евна Деми́дова; born 29 September 1936, Moscow) is a Russian actress internationally acclaimed for the tragic parts in innovative plays staged by Yuri Lyubimov in th ...

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Yevgeny Tkachuk Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasionally, a person may b ...

as guard

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...

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