Beshenstvo
# Beshenstvo

Rabies (Russian: Бешенство, romanized: Beshenstvo) is a 2023 Russian thriller film is based on the real story of the wild animal rabies outbreak in the Amur Oblast in 2019, the film was directed by Dmitry Dyachenko and written by Alexey Kazakov.

This film was theatrically released on February 23, 2023.

## Plot

The film takes place in the taiga, which is overtaken by an epidemic of rabies that infects wolves. A man decides to hide his son in a hunting lodge, hoping that he will keep his life. Very soon, the heroes will have to fight the strongest predator of the forest.

## Cast

* Aleksei Serebryakov as Igor
* Vsevolod Volodin as Vladimir "Vovka", Igor's son
* Yevgeny Tkachuk [ru] as a policeman Abyzov
* Georgy Dronov as Yuri "Yura" at the village peasant, Igor's friend
* Anna Ukolova as Olga "Olya" Savchenko
* Kirill Polukhin as a hunter
* Angelina Strechina as Barbara "Varya"
* Aleksandr Ustyugov as Roman, a local gamekeeper
* Ivan Bychkov as "Mishka"
* Aleksandr Bulatov as "Lyoshka"
* Aleksandr Borisov as Major
* Aleksandr Korotkov as an emergency physician
* Irina Zubkova as Vovka's mother

## Production

The film was produced by Hype Film and Backup Copy with support from the Cinema Fund. Hype Film was created in 2011 by Murad Osmann and Ilya Stewart, and the director was Dmitry Dyachenko is decided in the harsh range of twilight Russian winter, known for the film trilogy The Last Warrior and the 2023 film Cheburashka. Principal photography began in January 2021 in Moscow and the Altai Republic.

## Release

The premiere date in Russia should take place in cinemas around the country from February 23, 2023 by VLG.FILM.

