The Ugly Swans

The Ugly Swans

The Ugly Swans

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The Ugly Swans

2006

1h 49m

6.4(55 votes)

Science Fiction

Drama

Overview

In the near future, writer Victor Banev gets himself on a UN commission to investigate the goings-on in the remote town of Tashlinsk, where reports tell of a virus-created race of brainiac mutants. His tween daughter Ira is enrolled at a school for gifted children which has been taken over by the mutants, who have grown to despise ordinary humanity.

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Production Companies

Proline Film

Catherine Dussart Productions

CNC

Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography of the Russian Federation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gregory Hlady

Gregory Hlady

Viktor Banev

Aleksey Kortnev

Aleksey Kortnev

Pavel Sumak

Leonid Mozgovoy

Leonid Mozgovoy

Ayzek Golemba

Rimma Sarkisyan

Ira Baneva

Olga Samoshina

Olga Samoshina

Lyudmila

Aleksandr Tsybulsky

Aleksandr Tsybulsky

Vasily Mikhailov

Vasily Mikhailov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Viktor Mikhaylov

Mokrets Zinovy

Vladimir Grigoryev

Vladimir Grigoryev

Laura Pitskhelauri

Laura Pitskhelauri

Diana

Creative team

Directed by: Konstantin Lopushansky
Written by: Arkadiy Strugatskiy
Konstantin Lopushansky
Produced by: Catherine Dussart
Andrey Sigle

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