The Bottomless Bag
Film poster
Directed by	Rustam Khamdamov
Written by	Rustam Khamdamov
Produced by	Lyubov Obminyanaya Rustam Khamdamov Tikhon Pendyurin
Starring	Svetlana Nemolyaeva Sergey Koltakov
Cinematography	Tim Lobov Pyotr Dukhovskoy
Music by	Dmitry Kurlyandsky Edward Elgar
Distributed by	Rustam Hamdamov Studio Andrei Konchalovsky's Film Company
Release date	June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26) (Moscow International Film Festival)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$2 500 000[1]

The Bottomless Bag (Russian: Мешок без дна, romanized: Meshok bez dna) is a 2017 Russian historical drama film directed by Rustam Khamdamov.^[2] The film is based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 1922 story In a Grove which takes place during the times of Tsar Alexander II.^[3]

Plot

The story takes place during the reign of Russian Emperor Alexander II. The maid of honor of princely palace tells prince a fairy tale that occurs in the XIII century and tells about the mystical murder of prince in the forest. The participants in the story, witnesses of this crime, tell different versions of the incident, which are different from what actually happened.

Cast

• Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Lady-in-waiting^[4]
• Sergey Koltakov as Grand Prince^[5]
• Anna Mikhalkova as Empress
• Andrey Kuzichev as Prince
• Kirill Pletnyov as robber
• Alla Demidova as Baba Yaga
• Yevgeny Tkachuk as guard

Awards and nominations