The Kidnapping of a Wizard (1989): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1989, The Kidnapping of a Wizard is a science fiction and history film directed by Viktor Kobzev, running about 105 minutes.

What it’s about. A young post-graduate from Minsk Anna Mazurkevich comes to her native village, where she hasnt been for 12 years, to stay in her grannys house. Here, in peace and quiet, she is intended to write a thesis. But suddenly two strangers come and claim that yesterday in Minsk the houses owner let out to them for two weeks, and to convince her they switch on TV-set, where Annas mother confirm their words and asks her to stay for a while with their neighbor ankle Gena. All this looks very strange because not very clear how they managed to organize live broadcast. Then absolutely inexplicable things start to happen. The strangers say that they have to go to the XVIII century to find a genius, living at that moment right here, and take him to the future.

Who’s in it. The Kidnapping of a Wizard stars Yuliya Aug, Romualdas Ramanauskas, Sergei Varchuk and Vladimir Gostyukhin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, The Kidnapping of a Wizard has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Kidnapping of a Wizard page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Kidnapping of a Wizard tend to enjoy Inception, Interstellar, The Empire Strikes Back and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.