Iron Lord (2010)

Young Russian Prince Yaroslav fights the robbers, tribes and the invaders. He is the first to unite Russian lands and to create the original Russian state.

Director:

Dmitriy Korobkin

Writer:

Koshkina Marina

Stars:

Aleksandr Ivashkevich, Svetlana Chuykina, Aleksey Kravchenko

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksandr Ivashkevich	...	Yaroslav
Svetlana Chuykina	...	Raida
Aleksey Kravchenko	...	Harald
Viktor Verzhbitskiy	...	Sviatozar
Valeriy Zolotukhin	...	Churillo
Pavel Khrulyov	...	Vend
Elena Plaksina	...	Zhelana
Fedor Shuvalov	...	Ilyusha
Boris Tokarev	...	Meley
Vladimir Antonik	...	Vishata
Yuriy Vaksman	...	Budiy
Konstantin Milovanov	...	Budimir
Sergey Genkin	...	Gorazd
Georgiy Nazarenko	...	Father Fedor
Roman Kurtsyn	...	Stavko

Storyline

The beginning of XI century in Russia or Rus. Kievan Rus is composed of the principalities that are governed by the sons of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. Princes with their men collect tribute then sending it to their father in Kiev. In the north-east of Russia is the most distant principality of Kiev - Rostov. Prince Vladimir sends his son Yaroslav to rule in Rostov, when he turns 11 years old. Jaroslav grows under the tutelage of the boyars, who run the principality, while he is small. Growing up, Jaroslav takes power into their own hands, expanding the principality, and attaches the new lands. But this is not an easy task. Bandit gangs keep ruling in the woods, along the roads and rivers . Their main occupation is the slave trade. Gangs sell people to the Bulgars and the Khazars, and they send the slaves for resale to the lower reaches of the Volga. More and more often the Jaroslav's squad, goes for tribute and finds empty, ransacked settlements of the tribes Meria. Rostov region ...

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Plot Keywords:

boyar | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

16

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

4 April 2011 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Ritterfürst Jaroslaw - Angriff der Barbaren

Filming Locations:

Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anno Domini Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Dos the job, but not much else...

This is a very difficult film to follow. So many characters, so many allegiances, so much betrayal... Game Of Thrones it ain't, though. What it is, is what us in the motoring sector call 'serviceable', in that it gives us the requisite number of battles, some mediocre drama and not a razor in sight. What it fails to do is inject much life into these reliable old stand-bys, and consequently you sort of feel entertained (if rather confused), but you get the feeling you could be doing something better.

If it's a quiet day, you've taken the dog for a walk, the kids are at school and the wife is having an affair with your best mate... than this certainly beats painting the fence. If, on the other hand you have access to other, more well known epics, like I dunno... Braveheart or Last Of The Mohicans, either through the medium of DVD of the miracle of Film On Demand, than you may want to take a rain check on this. But the choice, as they say, is yours. 5/10