The film under the title Journey to China: The Iron Mask Mystery has the budget of 50 million dollars. The press service of the Culture Ministry of the Russian Federation reports about it.
This is the first Russia-and-China joint film production of such a big scale. The Russian Movie Group and Chinese "STV" and China Film Group participated in financing. It is emphasized that foreign financial investments have made 20 million dollars.
Cinematographers from Russia, China, Europe and the USA have worked on the project. It brings together a number of world film stars, such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rutger Hauer, Jackie Cheng, Jason Fleming, Yao Sinton, Ma Li, Li Yu, and others, Russian actors among them. The film director is Oleg Stepchenko from Russia.
The film tells a story of the English traveler Johnathan Green on his mission of mapping the Far East of Russia as ordered by Peter I.
Author: Vera Ivanova