Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's In a Grove, story takes place during the times of Tsar Alexander II. A lady-in-waiting tells the Emperor in his bedroom a metaphysical story about a 13th century prince who is killed in the woods under mysterious circumstances. Fairy tale characters who have witnessed the terrible death, all share their version of the events, gradually shedding light on what really happened.
Elena MorozovaPrincess
Andrey Kuzichevцаревич
Alla DemidovaWitch
Kirill PletnyovBrigand
Svetlana NemolyaevaLady-in-waiting
Anna MikhalkovaEmpress
Sergey KoltakovEmperor
Evgeniy TkachukGuard
Feliks AntipovSaint Nil
Dmitriy MulyarMushroom
Anastasiya TsoyMaid of the prince
Aleksey SolonchevMushroom
Vera RomanovaVillager
