Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. |
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| Cinematography | Aleksey Strelov |
| Edited by | Vladimir Markov |
| Music by | Sergei Stern |
Production companies | RB Productions FMP Group |
| Distributed by | WDSSPR |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | 78 million RUB |
| Box office | 86 million RUB ($1,897,783)[1] |
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass – Part 2 (Russian: Пиковая дама: Зазеркалье) is a 2019 Russian supernatural horror film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr.[2] It is based on the same urban legend as the 2015 horror film Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite.[3] This time, the plot takes place in a boarding school, where a terrible otherworldly force embarks on a hunt for children. The film stars Angelina Strechina, Daniil Muravyev-Izotov, Claudia Boczar, Valeriy Pankov and Vladislav Konoplyov.[4][5][6]
The film was released on March 14, 2019, in Russia by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).
Plot[edit]
The film tells the story of students of an exclusive boarding school that recently opened in what had been an abandoned mansion. Visiting forbidden rooms, they learn that Countess Obolenskaya, the former owner of the mansion, had taken in and then killed 19 orphans, whose souls still inhabit the house. Summoned as a game, the Queen of Spades now seeks to claim the living children as well.[7]
Cast[edit]
- Angelina Strechina as Olya
- Daniil Muravyev-Izotov as Artyom, a boy
- Claudia Boczar as Countess Obolenskaya / Queen of Spades
- Valeriy Pankov as Igor Sergeevich
- Vladislav Konoplyov as Kirill
- Vladimir Kanuhin as Zhenya
- Anastasia Talyzina as Alisa
- Alyona Shvidenkova as Sonya
- Darya Belousova as Valentina, school director
- Vladimir Koshevoy as Gleb, Kirill's father
- Dmitriy Kulichkov as investigator
- Tatyana Kuznetsova as Zhenya's grandmother
- Violetta Davydovskaya as Tatiana, Olya and Artyom's Mother
- Igor Yashanin as Gosha in childhood
- Yan Alabushev as Misha in childhood[8]
Production[edit]
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Filming[edit]
Principal photography began in May 2018.[9] The main part of the filming took place in the operating sanatorium named after Herzen, located in the Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast.[10]
Release[edit]
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass is scheduled to be released on March 14, 2019, in Russia by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR), and was released in the United States on August 13, 2019.
Reception[edit]
The budget of the film amounted to 78 355 154 rubles, of which 50 million were allocated by the Cinema Foundation of Russia (35 million on an irrevocable basis and 15 million on a refundable basis). At the box office, the film failed, collecting a little more than its budget - 86 345 224 rubles. After the online edition of Mash reported that the Cinema Foundation allegedly demanded the return of the free subsidy, the RBK Group television channel contacted the press service of the fund for clarification.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "Aleksandr Domogarov". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite at IMDb
- ^ Entyakova, Anna (November 16, 2017). "Продюсеры довольны режиссурой Александра Домогарова-младшего в сиквеле "Пиковой дамы"" [The producers are pleased with the direction of Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. in the sequel to Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015 film)]. Vokrug TV (in Russian).
- ^ "Кинолук: 8 ожидаемых сиквелов, которые снимают прямо сейчас" [Kinoluk: 8 expected sequels that are filming right now]. Weburg Net (in Russian). May 10, 2018.
- ^ Basov, Vasiliy (April 3, 2019). "Режиссер Александр Домогаров-младший снял мини-хоррор по Стивену Кингу (фильм прилагается)" [Director Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. took a mini-horror of Stephen King (film included)]. MaximOnline.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Berezhnaya, Yelizaveta (October 25, 2018). "Бойся своих желаний: Трейлер фильма ужасов "Пиковая дама. Зазеркалье"" [Fear your desires: Trailer of the horror film Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass]. Kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
- ^ "Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass (2019) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.
- ^ "Стартовали съёмки второй части фильма ужасов "Пиковая дама"" [The shooting of the second part of the horror film Queen of Spades has started]. Film.ru (in Russian). May 4, 2018.
- ^ Chachelov, Artur (March 15, 2019). "Где и как снимали фильм "Пиковая дама: Зазеркалье"" [Where and how was the movie Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass filmed]. Film Distributor's Bulletin (in Russian).
