In contemporary Russia there exists a hidden world - a world of magic and enchantment. Magicians have to hide from the nonmag society surrounding them, a society they are disdainful of, some even hostile towards. The Master of the Guard of the Supreme Council of Magic and Enchantment, Bakhrushin, loses his magic abilities and must not only avoid revealing this, but also prevent the war brewing between the magicians and the nonmagi.
Production
Gritty Moscow locations make magic feel genuinely hidden.
Acting
Zotov's panic-stricken bureaucrat wizard is weirdly relatable.
Director
Ekaterina Krasner
Vasily Zotov
Alexey Bakhrushin
Mikhail Kremer
Mikhail
Ivan Zabelin
Chizhevsky
Kirill Kovbas
Semen
Mikhail Gorevoy
Supreme Wizard
Semen Shomin
adjutant of Supreme Wizard
Anton Shurtsov
Departmental Guardian
Veronika Vasant
Departmental Guardian
Grigoriy Perel
Departmental Guardian
Evgeniya Vays
Svetlana Titova, intern of Supreme Office of Magic and Sorcery
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Krasner shot this as her thesis film at Moscow's Gerasimov Institute, explaining the 35-minute runtime and ambitious scope.
The 'nonmagi' slur 'obyvatel' translates roughly to 'civilian'—Soviet-era military slang repurposed for magical class warfare.
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