The Green Elephant

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The Green Elephant Зелёный Слоник
Russian release poster
Directed by	Svetlana Baskova
Written by	Svetlana Baskova
Produced by	Oleg Mavromati Svetlana Baskova Vladimir Zubkov
Starring	Sergey Pakhomov Alexander Maslaev Vladimir Epifantsev Anatoly Osmolovsky Oleg Mavromati
Cinematography	Svetlana Baskova Oleg Mavromati
Edited by	Supernova Studio Oleg Mavromati
Music by	Stanislav Zapalikov
Production company	Supernova
Distributed by	Independent
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

The Green Elephant (Russian: Зелёный слоник, romanized: Zelyonyy slonik, also known as Green Elephant Calf) is a 1999 Russian exploitation arthouse horror film directed by Svetlana Baskova.^[1] The movie received a limited theatrical release in Russia, as the film's violent imagery and graphic language made it unfit for being distributed through the mainstream film circuit. The film was shown at the 2005 International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the program commented that the movie was "even more urgent because of the escalation of the war in Chechnya and growing criminality in the Russian army".^[2]

The film stars Sergey Pakhomov and Vladimir Epifantsev, and follows two Russian officers locked in a military prison cell that must deal with "social and psychological problems" in their isolation through brutality and torture.^[2]