Yolki 1914

Yolki 1914
Directed by	Timur Bekmambetov Dmitriy Kiselev Alexander Kott Yuri Bykov Aleksander Karpilovsky Ekaterina Telegina Andrey Kavun Zaour Zaseev
Written by	Olga Kharina Ilya Zofin Anna Matison Alesya Kazantseva Oleg Malovichko Sugar 1kg (Igor Meerson, Konstantin Bushmanov, Sergey Arefiev, Sergey Sysoev) Timur Ezugbai
Produced by	Timur Bekmambetov Sergei Ageev Olga Kharina
Starring	Ivan Urgant Sergey Svetlakov Artur Smolyaninov
Narrated by	Konstantin Khabensky
Cinematography	Sergei Trofimov Pyotr Dukhovskoy Yuri Korobeinikov Mikhail Milashin Evgeniy Ermolenko Anton Belov
Edited by	Maria Likhachova
Music by	Yuri Poteenko
Production company	Bazelevs
Release date	December 25, 2014 (2014-12-25)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$9 million[1]
Box office	$12 914 962[2]

Yolki 1914 (Russian: Ёлки 1914, meaning Christmas Trees 1914 or Christmas Trees 4), is a 2014 Russian comedy film. It is a prequel to the 2013 film Yolki 3. It premiered on December 14, 2014; the film was released on December 25. At the same time as the fourth film in the series, a spin-off, titled Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll, was released. Starring Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Maria Poroshina, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Arthur Smolyaninov, Alexander Golovin, Alexander Domogarov Jr. The film tells the story of events in the Russian Empire during the First World War in 1914.

Yolki 1914 received mostly mixed and negative reviews from critics and audiences, who criticized the boring plot but praised the actors, costumes, and atmosphere of the Russian Empire. Despite the reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing over 12 million dollars, on a budget of 9 million.^[3] The sequel, Yolki 5, was released in 2016, two years later.

The film's slogan is "There hasn't been a Christmas tree like this for 100 years".