title: Koschey: The Everlasting Story
text: # Koschey: The Everlasting Story
  
  Koschey: The Everlasting Story (Russian: Кощей. Начало, romanized: Koschey. Nachalo, lit. 'Koschey: The Beginning') is a full-length animated Russian fantasy film directed by Andrey Kolpin, and stars the voice of Nikita Volkov, Irina Starshenbaum, Timur Rodriguez, and Arseny Perel. It is part of the universe of the popular cartoon franchise Fantasy Patrol.
  
  The film was theatrically released in Russia on October 28, 2021 by KaroProkat (KaroRental in English).
  
  ## Plot
  
  In ancient times, people and fabulous creatures lived together. Until the White Ghost, a ruthless monster capable of destroying the whole world, came to the Divnozemskoye principality. But only one hero can stop the monster. He is young, strong, handsome, and also drives a bike... His name is Koschey.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Nikita Volkov as Koschey the Immortal (Koschei)
  * Irina Starshenbaum as May
  * Timur Rodriguez as Sword Kladenets (Swordy)
  * Arseny Perel as Bao
  * Yuri Galtsev as Vodyanoy
  * Pavel Barshak as Prince Beloyar
  * Vladislav Vetrov as Likho
  * Irina Medvedeva as Yadviga Petrovna (Baba Yaga)
  * Yulia Zimina as Vasilisa Vasilievna
  * Miroslava Karpovich as Helena
  * Olga Kuzmina [ru] as Valery
  * Yuliya Aleksandrova as Mary
  * Polina Kutepova as Snowy
  * Andrey Rozhkov [ru] as Basilio the Cat
  * Daniil Eldarov as Guards
  * Anfisa Vistinghausen [ru] as narrator
  
  ## Production
  
  In August 2017, on the air of the Radio Mayak radio station, the general director of the Parovoz Animation Studio (ru) by Anton Smetankin said that the studio had begun to create a full-length version, which is originally scheduled to release in 2020, but it was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  