Last Knight (film)

For the Transformers movie that came out the same year, see Transformers: The Last Knight.
The Last Knight
The Last Warrior
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDmitriy Dyachenko
Screenplay by
  • Vitaliy Shlyappo
  • Dimitriy Yan
  • Pavel Danilov
  • Igor Tudvasev
Based onBaba Yaga and Koschei
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySergei Trofimov
Edited by
  • Tim Pavelko
  • Anton Anisimov
  • Aleksandr Amirov
Music byGeorge Kallis
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS[1]
Release date
  • October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29) (Russia)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian
English (dubbing)
Budget~$8 million
₽370 million[2]
Box office$30.5 million[3]
₽1.731 billion[4]

The Last Knight, also known as The Last Warrior[5] (Russian: Последний богатырь, romanized: Poslyedniy bogatyr', lit. 'The Last Bogatyr') is a 2017 Russian-language fantasy comedy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko.[1] The story develops around Baba Yaga and Koschei, both villains in traditional Russian fairy tales (as well as the fairy tales of other Slavic countries). The film was produced by the American film companies The Walt Disney Company CIS together with the Russian film companies Yellow, Black and White[1] and Kinoslovo.[6] The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Elena Yakovleva, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Lavronenko and Yevgeny Dyatlov.

It was scheduled to have a wide release on October 26, 2017. As of November 26, 2017, the film became the highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing Stalingrad with 1.68 billion rubles ($28.8 million)[1] and topping out at $30.5 million. In Russia, the film holds the 12th place biggest box-office audiences.[7] This was Disney Russia's second film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the first being The Book of Masters (2009).[1]

A sequel, titled The Last Warrior: Root of Evil, was released in January 2021 and a third film, The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness, was released in December 2021.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Vladimir, Kozlov (November 27, 2017). "Russia Box Office: Disney Film Becomes Top Local-Language Release of All Time". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference vedomosti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Last Warrior. The Box Office Mojo, 2017
  4. ^ Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund (in English)
  5. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (April 20, 2016). "Disney Resumes Local-Language Movie Production in Russia After 7-Year Break". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Disney in the tale hit". Kommersant. 19 April 2016. p. 1. Retrieved July 30, 2018. Translation.
  7. ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (February 20, 2018). "Disney to Make Sequel to 'Last Knight,' Russia's Top-Grossing Local-Language Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2018.