The Kidnapping of a Wizard
1989, Russian. Directed by Viktor Kobzev.
A young post-graduate from Minsk Anna Mazurkevich comes to her native village, where she hasnt been for 12 years, to stay in her grannys house. Here, in peace and quiet, she is intended to write a thesis. But suddenly two strangers come and claim that yesterday in Minsk the houses owner let out to them for two weeks, and to convince her they switch on TV-set, where Annas mother confirm their words and asks her to stay for a while with their neighbor ankle Gena. All this looks very strange because not very clear how they managed to organize live broadcast. Then absolutely inexplicable things start to happen. The strangers say that they have to go to the XVIII century to find a genius, living at that moment right here, and take him to the future.
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 January 1989
- Original title
- Похищение чародея
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Kir Bulychyov, Viktor Kobzev
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The Kidnapping of a Wizard runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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The Kidnapping of a Wizard isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1989. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Kidnapping of a Wizard?
The Kidnapping of a Wizard (1989) was directed by Viktor Kobzev and stars Yuliya Aug, Romualdas Ramanauskas, Sergei Varchuk.