Last Knight (film)

The Last Knight, also known as The Last Warrior (Russian: Последний богатырь, romanized: Poslyedniy bogatyr', lit. 'The Last Bogatyr') is a 2017 Russian-language fantasy comedy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko. The story develops around Baba Yaga and Koschei, both villains in traditional Russian fairy tales (as well as the fairy tales of other Slavic countries). The film was produced by the American film companies The Walt Disney Company CIS together with the Russian film companies Yellow, Black and White and Kinoslovo. The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Elena Yakovleva, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Lavronenko and Yevgeny Dyatlov. It was scheduled to have a wide release on October 26, 2017. As of November 26, 2017, the film became the highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing Stalingrad with 1.68 billion rubles ($28.8 million) and topping out at $30.5 million. In Russia, the film holds the 12th place biggest box-office audiences. This was Disney Russia's second film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the first being The Book of Masters (2009). A sequel, titled The Last Warrior: Root of Evil, was released in January 2021 and a third film, The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness, was released in December 2021.