Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's In a Grove, story takes place during the times of Tsar Alexander II. A lady-in-waiting tells the Emperor in his bedroom a metaphysical story about a 13th century prince who is killed in the woods under mysterious circumstances. Fairy tale characters who have witnessed the terrible death, all share their version of the events, gradually shedding light on what really happened.
| Directing | Rustam Khamdamov | Director |
| Camera | Petr Dukhovskoy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Irina Ochina | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Nikiforov | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dmitriy Andreev | Costume Design |
| Writing | Rustam Khamdamov | Writer |
| Writing | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Story |
| Production | Lubov Obminyanaya | Producer |
| Production | Aiken Kuatbaeva | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tim Lobov | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rustam Khamdamov | Producer |
| Production | Tikhon Pendurin | Producer |
| Production | Olesya Gidrat | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrei Konchalovsky | Producer |
| Directing | Natalya Lyashchenko | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Shandor Berkeshi | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fyodor Glazachyov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sergey Mokritsky | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Elina Ternyaeva | Casting Director |
| Editing | Marat Magambetov | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valeriya Nikulina | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Gulsara Mukataeva | Sound Director |
| Sound | Andrey Dergachev | Sound Director |
| Sound | Sergey Sadykov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Aleksei Badygov | Sound Director |
| Crew | Alex Silkin | Stunt Coordinator |