Directed by Yurii Kovaliov Original language(s) Ukrainian Budget 40 million UAH | Country of origin Ukraine Initial release 12 October 2017 | |
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Based on Storozhova Zastava (Сторожова застава)
by Volodymyr Rutkivskyi Written by Sashko Dermanskyi
Yaroslav Voitseshek Starring Danyil Kamenskyi
Yeva Kosheva
Roman Lutskyi
Oleh Voloshchenko
Heorhii Derevianskyi
Oleksandr Komarov
Stanislava Krasovska
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The Stronghold (Storozhova Zastava, Ukrainian: «Сторожова́ заста́ва») is a Ukrainian adventure/fantasy film based on the same-name book by Volodymyr Rutkivskyi and directed by Yurii Kovaliov. The premiere in Ukraine is planned for the fall of 2017. The film is about Viktor, a present-day schoolboy, who goes a thousand years into the past.
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Cast
Production
The Stronghold is a debut full-length feature film by director Yurii Kovaliov.
The same-name book by Volodymyr Rutkivskyi was adapted into a screenplay by Sashko Dermanskyi and Yaroslav Voitseshek. Costume designer Antonina Belinska said that it had taken her one month to create costume sketches. "We have done painstaking work on the study of historical sources and consulted both with historians and reenactors quite widely. After that, we added some details to enhance the image and features, and based on all of that we created our characters' costumes", added Ms. Belinska.
The film shoot began in November 2015 on the Oleksa Dovbush Cliffs in the Carpathians, in Korostyshiv open pit, Teterivskyi Kish (Teteriv Warcamp) ecospace and in Bucha, as well as on the Film.ua film set with the massive scenery of the Stronghold itself built specially for the production. The filming continued in spring 2016.
It was an acting debut both for Danyil Kamenskyi and Yeva Koshova starring in the film.
The film's budget is 40 million hryvnias.
Post-production, СGI and VFX have been done by a Ukrainian studio Postmodern.
Release
February 2015: film rental usage rights sold to France during the European Film Market at Berlin International Film Festival. March 2016: The Stronghold film was sold for screening distribution on the territory of India, Vietnam and Malaysia during the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART).
March 29, 2016: the presentation of The Stronghold and the first press-conference of the authors and the cast took place at the Film.ua studio where the official film teaser was presented. Also, the release date and the distributor in Ukraine were announced.
The TV premiere will be aired on Novyi Kanal in 2017.