Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a cunning and unscrupulous swindler, but Bender comes up with an offer Osip cannot refuse. A precious royal relic, a diamond-encrusted golden scepter is hidden somewhere in town; Bender needs a partner on his mission to find it, and offers Osip a share of the profit from selling the treasure. And so begins their joint venture, wrought with comical and dangerous twists and turns, where they have to outsmart and outmaneuver officers of the White Guard as well as the local mafia, who also have their eyes on the scepter. As their quest unfolds, Osip is compelled to learn Bender’s tricks of the trade: charming flattery, delicate deception, soft intimidation... as well as brute force.
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Production | Olga Feshchenko | Post Production Producer |
Sound | Ryan Otter | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Oleg Malovichko | Screenplay |
Editing | Ekaterina Beresnevich | Lead Editor |
Writing | Varvara Avdyushko | Creative Producer |
Directing | Igor Zaytsev | Director |
Production | Danila Ippolitov | Executive Producer |
Writing | Maksim Polinsky | Creative Producer |
Production | Anastasiya Fateeva | Line Producer |
Production | Olga Nikulina | Post Production Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Viktoriya Igumnova | Costume Designer |
Writing | Ilya Ilf | Characters |
Production | Aleksandra Remizova | Head of Production |
Production | Ivan Samokhvalov | General Manager |
Writing | Nikolay Bulygin | Creative Producer |
Writing | Yevgeni Petrov | Characters |
Production | Aleksey Alekseev | Executive Producer |
Art | Elena Zhukova | Production Design |
Camera | Sergey Trofimov | Director of Photography |
Production | Alla Petelina | Casting Director |
Production | Aleksandr Tsekalo | General Manager |
Art | Aleksandr Arefev | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Marina Lebedeva | Makeup Designer |
Writing | Elena Lazareva | Script Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Marina Lebedeva | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Alla Petelina | Sound Director |
Visual Effects | Alexander Petrov | VFX Supervisor |
Directing | Diana Ugryumova | Assistant Director |
Visual Effects | Evgeny Barulin | Visual Effects Producer |
Camera | Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy | Steadicam Operator |
Camera | Valeriy Petrov | Steadicam Operator |
Camera | Oganes Marutyan | Additional Director of Photography |
Crew | Aleksandr Baranov | Stunt Coordinator |
Crew | Sergey Golovkin | Stunt Coordinator |
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