Production
The film is a production of Art Pictures Studio, Non-Stop Productions and Russian STS Channel, with special effects by EyeScream Studio, Main Road Post and Quantum Creation FX.
The production was filmed in Crimea, Ukraine, with photography lasting for 10 months (February 14 – December 7, 2007). The film had a total budget of about $36.6 million, including $10 million for the film's promotion and $1 million of State donations. It is the biggest budget Russian film ever made in the Russian Federation weighing in at $36.6 million and beating fellow Russian Blockbuster The Admiral which weighed in at $20 million.
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