''December'' () is an unreleased Russian

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written and directed by

Klim Shipenko Klim Alekseevich Shipenko (; born 16 June 1983) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, producer, and cosmonaut. Biography Early life Shipenko was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In 2002, he ent ...

about the last days of the life of the poet Sergei Yesenin, performed by Alexander Petrov, as well as Sergey Gilyov, Kristina Asmus,

Andrey Merzlikin Andrey Ilyich Merzlikin (; born 24 March 1973) is a Russian film and theater actor. Early life Andrey Merzlikin was born in Kaliningrad near Moscow. In the first education – radio engineer of space engineering, then earned a degree in econom ...

Vladimir Vdovichenkov Vladimir Vladimirovich Vdovichenkov (; born 13 August 1971) is a Russian theater and screen actor known for his roles in ''Brigada'' (2002), ''Leviathan'' (2014), '' Bummer'' (2003) and Salyut 7 (2017). Early life and education Vdovichenkov was ...

, Aleksandr Samoylenko, and Kirill Nagiyev in their debut cinematic roles. It was scheduled to be theatrically released in 2022 by

Central Partnership Central Partnership () is a Russian film distribution and production company founded in 1995. The distributor was acquired by Russian gas company Gazprom in 2014. History Central Partnership started as a TV content distributor in 1995–2000. ...

Plot

Sergei Yesenin, with the help of Isadora Duncan, plans an escape from the Soviet Union and finds himself on incredible adventures.

Cast

* Alexander Petrov as

Sergei Yesenin Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (, ; 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations ...

* Sergey Gilyov * Kristina Asmus as Yelizaveta Ustinova *

* Aleksandr Samoylenko * Kirill Nagiyev * Mariya Veleshnaya as

Isadora Duncan Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Bor ...

* Sofya Karpunina * Ronald Pelin

Production

wrote the screenplay together with his father, the famous playwright Aleksey Shipenko. The development of the detective will be done by the Yellow, Black and White studio, which previously collaborated with the cinematographer during the creation of his previous film, ''

Serf Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery. It developed du ...

'' (2019).

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

began in December 2020 in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

. For the film, large-scale scenery of more than 7 thousand square meters has already been built.

References

External links

Official website
* {{IMDb title, 14716702 Unreleased films Films directed by Klim Shipenko Films shot in Moscow Films shot in Saint Petersburg Russian crime thriller films Russian detective films Russian historical drama films Upcoming Russian-language films