The film adaptation of the Russian folk tale “At the Order of the Pike”, starring Nikita Kologriv as Emelya, collected more than 1 billion rubles after the premiere, which took place on October 26. This is proven by: data Unified Federal Automated Information System (UAIS), operated by the Cinema Fund, which provides information on film screenings in cinemas.
According to available data, as of November 5, the film managed to earn 1,000,818,387 rubles, and 3.7 million people bought the film during this time.
According to the plot of the fairy tale “At the Order of the Pike”, the foolish Emelya accidentally pulls out of the river a magic pike, which is ready to fulfill three wishes. She grants two wishes and saves the third. When Emelya falls in love with Princess Anfisa, the crane that turns into a girl named Vasilisa helps him win the girl’s hand.
The director of the project “Under the Command of Pike” was Alexander Voitinsky (“Ghost”). The main roles in the film were played by Nikita Kologrivy (“Major Grom: Plague Doctor”), Mila Ershova (“Difficult Teenagers”) and Alina Alekseeva (“Christmas Trees and Needles”).
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