Trees Grow on the Stones Too

Name: Trees Grow on the Stones Too
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Released: 1985-09-05
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Aleksandr Timoshkin, Petronella Barker, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Valentina Titova, Tor Stokke

И на камнях растут деревья (1985)

2:17 (137 min)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Norway, Soviet Union

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Actors and characters

Movie poster "Trees Grow on the Stones Too"

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Production

Norsk FilmStudio AS, Gorky Film Studios

Release date

5 September 1985

Director

Knut Andersen

Scenario

Aleksandr Aleksandrov

All team (8)

Actors

Aleksandr Timoshkin

Kuksja

Petronella Barker

Signy

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Fleinskallen

Valentina Titova

Kuksjas mor

Tor Stokke

Torir

Nikolay Karpov

Otar

Aleksandr Abramov

викинг

Nikolay Ryabkov

викинг

All actors and roles (8)

Short description

Vikings attack Kuksja's village, and end up bringing him along on their ship because they believe he is good luck. After proving himself in a battle against the dreaded Danes, chief Torir bestows upon him the name of Einar and takes him in as his son. Back home in Norway the men are received as heros, but new trouble arises when Kuksja falls in love with the beautiful Signy, who is already betroth to the vicious Sigurd.

What's left behind the scenes

Medievalist, culturologist, and anthropologist Aron Yakovlevich Gurevich contributed to the creation of the film as a consultant. Soviet stunt performers and sambists also participated in the production, appearing in the battle scenes.
In Norway, the film was released under the title "Dragens fange" ("Prisoners of the Dragon" or "The Dragon's Prey").
The film is based on the novella "Kuksha: The Varangian Captive" by Yu. Vronsky.