Gruppa krovi (film)

Blood Type
Directed byMaksim Brius
Written by
  • Mariya Oshmyanskaya
  • Aleksandr Ivanov
  • Aleksandr Paygalik
  • Mariya Khromova
Produced by
  • Sergei Shcheglov
  • Inessa Yurchenko
  • Aleksandr Zharov
Starring
  • Andrey Rudyka
  • Eva Williams
  • Mark Aleksandrov
  • Lyudmila Yulova
  • Roman Romanovsky
  • Artemy Voskresensky
  • Daniil Rubashevsky
CinematographyStanislav Mikhailov
Edited byVitaly Vinogradov
Music byVitaly Mukanyaev
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • May 8, 2025 (2025-05-08) (Russia)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget₽231 million
Box office₽137 million

Blood Type (Russian: Группа крови, romanized: Gruppa krovi, lit. 'Blood Type') is a 2025 Russian war drama film directed by Maksim Brius about the tragic fate of children in Nazi concentration camps in the Leningrad region in 1943, where orphans were not only subjected to hunger and grueling labor but were also used as blood donors.[1][2]

This film was theatrically released in Russia on May 8, 2025, by Central Partnership.[3]

Plot

The film takes place in November 1943. The Nazis brought another batch of Soviet orphans to the Vyritsa orphanage, where cold, hunger, and forced labor reign. The Nazis use the children as blood donors for wounded German soldiers. Nevertheless, the children find the strength to resist.[4]

Cast

  • Andrey Rudyka as Vitek in childhood
  • Eva Williams as Tonya Gracheva in childhood
  • Mark Aleksandrov as Grishka in childhood
  • Lyudmila Yulova as Veta in childhood
  • Roman Romanovsky
  • Artemy Voskresensky as Lyokha in childhood
  • Daniil Rubashevsky as Styopka the Fireman in childhood
  • Karina Andolenko as Kokoshkina
  • Petar Zekavica as Fabro
  • Alexey Nilov as Elder Seraphim
  • Leonid Gromov as Gerasim Ivanovich
  • Xenia Popova-Pendereckaya as Inga
  • Ekaterina Domashchenko as Natalya Pryakhina
  • Sergey Zharkov as Lieutenant Livanov
  • Tatyana Rasskazova as Elena Ershovskaya
  • Anna Dyukova as Nadezhda Zubareva
  • Vadim Skvirsky as Paul Ditmar

Production

The creation of the films Blood Type was carried out by the 3xMedia company with the support of the Cinema Foundation. The production was organized by producers Inessa Yurchenko and Sergei Shcheglov.

Filming

Filming took place in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast.[5]

Release

The premiere of the project, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, is scheduled for May 8, 2025.

References

  1. ^ Glyba, Konstantin (May 5, 2025). "Владимир Мединский, Тина Канделаки и много слез: как прошла премьера военной драмы «Группа крови» про детский концлагерь" [Vladimir Medinsky, Tina Kandelaki, and many tears: How the war drama Blood Type, about a children's concentration camp, premiered]. Komsomol Truth (in Russian). Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  2. ^ Kolesova, Elena (May 6, 2025). "В прокат выходит военная драма «Группа крови» о детях-сиротах в оккупации. Премьера ленты состоялась в столичном кинотеатре «Синема Парк Мосфильм»" [The war drama Blood Type, about orphans during the occupation, is now in theaters. The film premiered at the Cinema Park Mosfilm in Moscow.]. RosBiznesConsulting (in Russian). Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "Группа крови / Blood Type, 2025". www.afisha.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Группа крови / Blood Type, 2025". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  5. ^ "В Петербурге прошла премьера военной драмы «Группа крови»" [The premiere of the war drama Blood Type took place in St. Petersburg.]. NTV (in Russian). May 7, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
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