RFW 2019: Film ‘The Conquest of Siberia’

Ivan Demarin is a young officer of the Imperial Guard during the rule of Peter the Great. He follows the Tsar’s order and goes to Tobolsk, the frontier town located deep in Siberian forests. There Ivan falls in love for the first time. His regiment and he happens to be involved in a plot of local princes who are looking for gold of Yarkand town. Hordes of wild Dzungars surround his fort, and there is no one to call for help…

Genre: Drama, history

Director: Igor Zaytsev

Cast: Ilya Malanin, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Dmitriy Nazarov, Pavel Tabakov, Andrey Burkovskiy, Agata Mutsenietse, Ekaterina Guseva, Ivan Kolesnikov, Evgeniy Dyatlov

Country: Russia

Year: 2018

In Russian with English subtitles.

Q&A session with director Igor Zaytsev, actor Dmitriy Dyuzhev