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directed by Nasim Tulyakhodzhayev based on various stories by

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. The film is based on the 1950 short story " The Veldt", and also includes story lines from other texts: " The Dragon", "

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", the chapter " The Martian" from ''

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'' (1950) and the episode concerning the death of Colonel Freelya of ''

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'' (1957).

Plot

In a huge gloomy mansion lives the Stone family — Michael, his wife Linda and the children Peter and Wendy. They do not communicate with each other as the children spend all their time in a

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room with visualizations of various scenarios. They are especially preoccupied by the hunting scene of African lions. Michael tries to lock the room, but this only increases the animosity of the children. In the hut on the beach, lives the old fisherman Hernando and his blind wife Cora. Their whole life is consumed by the memories of their dead son Tom. And then one day a certain boy comes to them, completely like Tom. However, the idyll does not last long - a special quarantine team comes to the shack, which destroys creatures living with people under the guise of their deceased relatives. However, not only the aliens are victims of quarantine teams and one night when Michael meets them, he is taken to an old ravine and left there for dead. Barely alive, Stone finds himself at the ruins of a church, where he meets Hernando. Michael is trying to take the family and move away from this nightmarish life, but children do not like it at all. They lure their parents into the nursery, where the latter become victims of lions. Hernando, taking from the church a huge wooden cross, tries to plow the dunes. His work is observed by the madman "Gandhi" ...

Cast

Yury Belyayev Yury Viktorovich Belyayev (russian: Юрий Викторович Беляев; born 28 August 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He has received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1995) and the USSR State ...

- Michael *Nelly Pshena - Linda *George Gegechkori - Hernando *Tamara Shirtladze - Cora *Henrikas Kurauskas - Colonel Stone *Valentinas Masalskis - David McClean *Vladas Bagdonas-Barton *Daryus Palekas - Peter *Sigut Larionovayte - Wendy *Daryus Tsitsinas - Tom *Gitis Padegimas - Gandhi *Kristina Andreiauskaite - nurse

References

External links

* Soviet-era Uzbek films Uzbekfilm films Soviet science fiction films 1980s science fiction films Films based on works by Ray Bradbury Films based on science fiction short stories {{1980s-USSR-film-stub