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Generation P

IMDb ID: tt0459748 · Year: 2012 · Rating: 6.7 (4,656 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama · Sci-Fi

A chronicle of the rise of the advertising industry in Post-Soviet Russia.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited Kingdom: Generation P
United States: Generation P
World-wide: Generation P (English)
Russia: Babylen (Working Title)
France: Génération P
Russia: Generation П
Latvia: P Paaudze
United States: Wow! (informal alternative title)
United States: Wow! Generation P (informal alternative title)
Wow!
Release Date2012-11-16Runtime112 minutesMetascore65IMDb Popularity0User Reviews10Critic Reviews29Countries / RegionsRussia
United States
LanguagesRussianKeywordsmagic mushroom
satire comedy
advertising
sprite
taxi driver
Production CompaniesGeneration P
Room
Heartland Films
Official SitesMovie on wink.ru - https://wink.ru/movies/generation-p-year-2011-53836939
Official Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/GenerationP
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459748/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0459748.jpgUpdated At2026-01-02T06:56:32

Stars

Vladimir Epifantsev
Mikhail Efremov
Andrey Fomin
Sergey Shnurov
Vladimir Menshov
Oleg Taktarov
Ivan Okhlobystin
Andrey Panin
Leonid Parfyonov
Aleksandr Gordon

Directors

Victor Ginzburg

Writers

Djina Ginzburg
Victor Ginzburg
Viktor Pelevin

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Vladimir Epifantsev | Character: Babylen Tatarsky
Actor: Mikhail Efremov | Character: Leonid Azadovsky
Actor: Andrey Fomin | Character: Morkovin
Actor: Sergey Shnurov | Character: Gireyev
Actor: Vladimir Menshov | Character: Farseykin
Actor: Oleg Taktarov | Character: Vovchik
Actor: Ivan Okhlobystin | Character: Malyuta
Actor: Andrey Panin | Character: Kolya Smirnov
Actor: Leonid Parfyonov | Character: TV Journalist
Actor: Aleksandr Gordon | Character: Khanin
Actor: Amaliya Mordvinova | Character: Lena
Actor: Andrey Vasilev | Character: Savin
Actor: Yuriy Safarov | Character: Gussein
Actor: Igor Grigoriev | Character: Ad agency owner
Actor: Yuliya Bordovskikh | Character: Televeduschaya
Actor: Mikhail Dorozhkin | Character: employee of the Azadovsky agency
Actor: Natalya Dvoretskaya | Character: Vedushchaya novostey
Actor: Evgeniya Girzekorn | Character: A girl in the restaurant
Actor: Chris Karle | Character: Protestor
Actor: Ildar Kuyanchiyev | Character: Journalist
Actor: Renata Litvinova | Character: Alla
Actor: Igor Mirkurbanov | Character: Pugin
Actor: Aleksey Podolskiy | Character: Actor
Actor: Viktor Pozdnyakov | Character: Gribnik
Actor: Vladimir Shreyder | Character: Weed Smoker
Actor: Aníbal Silveyra | Character: Che guevara
Actor: Roman Trakhtenberg | Character: Sasha Blo
Actor: Hermes Zygott | Character: LSD Dealer
Actor: Arturs Pupols-Kochanevskiy | Character: Biznesmen

[Directors Group]
Name: Victor Ginzburg | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Djina Ginzburg | Role: Writer
Name: Victor Ginzburg | Role: Writer
Name: Viktor Pelevin | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Stephen Benson | Role: Producer
Name: Stanislav Ershov | Role: Producer
Name: Djina Ginzburg | Role: Producer
Name: Victor Ginzburg | Role: Producer
Name: Christine Havercroft | Role: Producer
Name: Danil Khachaturov | Role: Producer
Name: Yuriy Krestinskiy | Role: Producer
Name: Rafael Minasbekyan | Role: Producer
Name: Andrew Paulson | Role: Producer
Name: Aleksey Ryazantsev | Role: Producer
Name: Ilya Shkop | Role: Producer
Name: Jim Steele | Role: Producer
Name: Roger Trilling | Role: Producer
Name: Andrey Vasilev | Role: Producer
Name: Vladimir Yakovlev | Role: Producer
Name: Dmitriy Yurcvayg | Role: Producer
Name: Ivan Zasurski | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Kaveh Cohen | Role: Composer
Name: Alexander Hacke | Role: Composer
Name: Michael Nielsen | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Aleksey Rodionov | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Anton Anisimov | Role: Editor
Name: Irakli Kvirikadze | Role: Editor
Name: Karolina Maciejewska | Role: Editor
Name: Vladimir Markov | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Nina Kobiashvili | Role: Production Designer
Name: Iurie Matei | Role: Production Designer
Name: Dmitriy Petukhov | Role: Production Designer
Name: Pyotr Prorokov | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Yekaterina Kharnas | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Roman Khromov | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Djina Ginzburg | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Elena Fomicheva | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Yelena Gofman | Role: Makeup Department

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Georgiy Matveev | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Henry Auerbach | Role: Sound Department
Name: Wade Barnett | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ryan Collins | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lara Dale | Role: Sound Department
Name: Tim Limer | Role: Sound Department
Name: A. Josh Reinhardt | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Aleksandra Afanaseva | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pavel Akimov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Daniel Auber | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Evgeny Barulin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Elena Churinova | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Arkadiy Dubinin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Artur Durmishyan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Andrey Emelyanov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Julia Ereshko | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Denis Geiko | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Evgeniy Gittsigrat | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Sofya Gorlenko | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Arseny Gutov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Aleksei Ivanov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ludmila Ivanova | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Dmitriy Ivoylov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mikhail Komissarov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Nikolay Koretskyy | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Irina Kotelnikova | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Aleksandr Kozyakov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Vladimir Leschinski | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Maksim Levashov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Gabriel Liberman | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Denis Makarov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Vladimir Mo | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Andrei V. Nikitin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Olga Nikulina | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Aleksey Osipenkov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Dmitriy Polyakov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pavel Raevskiy | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Yuriy Rudakov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Dmitriy Shirokov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Natalia Shmidova | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pavel Shnitov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Aleksandr Sknarin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Yuriy Sorokin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Dennis Tsoi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Alexei Tylevich | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Anton Vassiliev | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Denis Volkov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ilya Vostrov | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Andrey Lizunov | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Martin Ivanov | Role: Stunts
Name: Viktor Ivanov | Role: Stunts
Name: Aleksandr Kraevskiy | Role: Stunts
Name: Oleg Poddubnyy | Role: Stunts

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Djina Ginzburg | Role: Costume Department
Name: Oleg Matrokhin | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Olga Nikulina | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Christopher Cody Flick | Role: Music Department
Name: Gerry Gershman | Role: Music Department
Name: Nate Hill | Role: Music Department
Name: Roger Trilling | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Anna Bass | Role: Production Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Travis Cloyd | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sergey Zaporozhtsev | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

Generation P | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi924694553/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi924694553/1434659529640-260ouz-1564480957999.mp4?Expires=1788463643&Signature=D5bhPjHQFCrEhF6HeLvmOCnAUCQW2f1ONAHommhQLdhMG0XznxMz~Ec4Ktx2BKCk2W~5FiLa1SukZ65rGKQhpYCobzrlelr-uDIo-DOohFQMEVyzV~zb4Iya2jlWjyCkMjIRdOwiEkd84VH7XEtgjY-2i4g1cZKWVMAxqNi3rCPFyf4HvWSiE6k7X6nVEh94jRh0p5xF8BXQJ5TIBC78Lkt5kPfgmRmQgNVUZ0nHnBH-9C6CUJJ9l9u0WpFZYtdxVQoNdIAzyjkjRLDE4PC1lX6kXD9t9QaJulFPoEa2jfMVDUYbPZZtKkAPDE6Dy3qV9g1iuptUMU0~ri5h6qe-uA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
"Generation P" international trailer | Type: Demo Reel | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2363868441/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi2363868441/1434659379400-8cjq25-1671095563505.mp4?Expires=1788463643&Signature=jb7Ak81f3U5tEHoXHYwiX5yeFs~a0C6vSsDI4pXtvOqgXBmwNuzhbM0nIqzdCq7wZJhJ~PpZdwIWyL5wi9kgluLFbaLVJt5WO5EGBJp1Ks6SKnRTwZNjWyHw5yhzI46N~z2VqHtvYCKwmMOAR1RAtmRz~LkvpCuAeihpcEg~S-~BjMAte9T5nZlOUQFcsnXKzv7lT4FxfxY2PhsfUalnAgW3FOznkCklLVbWkfovLMsZe7N1LeMQiFtt0E6uO0Op8tnEfy65QHYFiGYJl8yxFJFEJLBTIEm6afR6MEUrxpT~AErswexDv7WJEhWKS9QapIaS43MyOnH82gakVe1flw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

Belarus: April 14, 2011
Kazakhstan: April 14, 2011
Russia: April 14, 2011
Russia: June 26, 2011 (Moscow Film Festival)
Czech Republic: July 5, 2011 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Latvia: July 15, 2011
Canada: September 14, 2011 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Germany: November 10, 2011 (Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival)
Poland: November 23, 2011 (Sputnik Russian Film Festival)
Sweden: February 2, 2012 (Göteborg International Film Festival)
France: March 24, 2012 (L'Europe Autour de l'Europe Film Festival)
United States: March 30, 2012 (New Directors/New Films)
Poland: September 11, 2012 (Koszalin Debut Films Festival)
United States: November 16, 2012
Russia: June 12, 2021 (re-release)

Awards

Winner | 2011 | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | East of West Award - Special Mention | Victor Ginzburg, Generation P | For the playful visualization of the novel of Victor Pelevin.
Nominee | 2012 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize | Victor Ginzburg, Generation P
Nominee | 2012 | Golden Eagle Awards, Russia | Golden Eagle | Best Supporting Actor | Mikhail Efremov, Generation P
Nominee | 2012 | Russian National Movie Awards | Georges Award | Best Russian Drama of the Year | Generation P
Nominee | 2012 | Russian National Movie Awards | Georges Award | Best Russian Action of the Year | Generation P
Nominee | 2012 | Russian Guild of Cinematographers, Russia | White Square | Best Cinematography in a Feature Film | Aleksey Rodionov, Generation P
Winner | 2012 | Sofia International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention | Victor Ginzburg, Generation P

Box Office

Ukraine: USD 275426
Russia - CIS: USD 4389112
Period: May 19 – 22, 2011 | Rank: 14 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 1 | Gross to date: USD 275426 | Interval gross: USD 164 | Per theater average: USD 164
Period: May 12 – 15, 2011 | Rank: 11 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 274592 | Interval gross: USD 2072 | Per theater average: USD 1036
Period: May 5 – 8, 2011 | Rank: 10 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 270425 | Interval gross: USD 7741 | Per theater average: USD 3870
Period: Apr 28 – May 1, 2011 | Rank: 7 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 13 | Gross to date: USD 251081 | Interval gross: USD 10373 | Per theater average: USD 797
Period: Apr 21 – 24, 2011 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 43 | Gross to date: USD 214198 | Interval gross: USD 50173 | Per theater average: USD 1166
Period: Apr 14 – 17, 2011 | Rank: 2 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 49 | Gross to date: USD 125367 | Interval gross: USD 125367 | Per theater average: USD 2558