

Infernal Guidon, or Cossack Christmas
2020-01-01 · 102 min · ★ 6.2
This fairy tale tells about famous Ukrainian warriors Cossacks, about Paradise and hell, Christmas and evil forces. The Devil makes an agreement with St. Peter. If he can capture the best Cossack warrior and hold him until Christmas night, he will be able to wipe all the Cossacks off the map. The script for the movie is based on Sashko Lirnyk's story "About an old Cossack, a Christmas devil, four horns and a Cossacks".
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Production details
- Directors
- Mykhailo Kostrov
- Production companies
- Ukrainian State Film Agency
- Countries
- Ukraine
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 1,340,000
- Revenue
- USD 342,857
Top Cast
Oleksandr PozharskyiDevil
Kostyantyn LinartovychMykhtod
Hryhorii BaklanovSemen
Diana RozovlianYadvyha
Aram ArzumanyanDomovyk
Lesia SamaievaOdarka
Danyil KamenskyiHordii
Damian ShiyanKhudan
Георгий ЛещенкоZhadan
Artur NovikovVasyl Antypovych
Olena KhokhlatkinaOld Gypsy Woman
Volodymyr ZadniprovskyiLeiba
Tatiana MikhinaMirela
Anna BirzulMaruska
Stalina LahoshniakDeath
Serhiy HavryliukPriest
Yelyzaveta ZaitsevaWitch 1
Olena Bondareva-RepinaKhymkaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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