Film about Caucasian War to be shot in Dagestan

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Makhachkala, July 16, 2015. A film about Imam Shamil will probably be shot in Dagestan, the project producer, the director general of the film company "Dagestan" Magomed Abdulkadyrov says.

According to Abdulkadyrov, the company previously shot only amateur movies about the Caucasian War and the first Imam. So far, there was no any full screen feature film about the historic events in Dagestan.

As to the producer, in December 2014 an expedition with the participation of film director Konstantin Butaev had already visited the site of historical events. The events around the village of Ahulgo in 1839 will become the plot of the films. Interior shooting will be produced at Lenfilm studio. Shooting on location will take place in Untsukul district of Dagestan.

The first stage the film will be financed by the company "Dagestan", the second one involves private investments from businessmen-patriots. The republican authorities and the Ministry of Culture of Russia had been informed about the terms of the project. Shooting process starts in 2016.

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