Where was White snow filmed
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Year: 2020
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia, Norway, Russia
<p>Biographical sports drama about the skier Elena Vyalba, who became an Olympic champion and won 5 out of 5 gold medals for the first time in history at the 1997 World Championships in Trondheim, Norway. The main shooting of the picture took place in Magadan, Moscow, Moscow region, Estonia, Norway and Kirovsk, Murmansk region. Many scenes were filmed in Magadan, because it was there was the childhood of a great athlete. The film crew found exactly those locations where Elena was in real life. </p>
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Locations
Elena's house
In movie
Scene where Elena is returning home from the airport. She gets a ride from a cheerful and sociable cab driver. He also helps her get the heavy ski equipment out of the car and asks the girl's name, but his question goes unanswered.
Real
Scene was shot a house in a neighborhood in Novaya Veselaya, Magadan. The creators of the movie wanted to find a building as close as possible to the skier's real house. The difficulty was that the building had to have a falling wall and at the same time a beautiful view of the neighborhood.
Ski track
In movie
Scene where it's winter outside, there is snow outside the house window, which means that our little heroine has already quickly put on her skis and set out to train. Dressed in an ordinary coat, a hat and simple skis, she confidently skis through the morning snow.
Real
Scene was shot on Gorokhovoye Pole in Magadan. This place on the outskirts of the city has long served as a ski track for the residents of Magadan and, unfortunately, has recently ceased to operate. Now there are already many five-story buildings around the field.
World Championships in Trondheim
In movie
Scene where Elena takes part in the legendary 1997 World Championships in Trondheim, Norway. Tense struggle, incredible willpower and athletic preparation led our skier to victory. The jubilation, the shouts of the crowd - all justified, we won!
Real
Scene was shot in the city of Kirovsk, Murmansk region. “We carefully watched many hours of races in Trondheim 1997, chose and watched and thought about where to shoot, - shares Sergey Gudilin. - In the Murmansk region I looked at a lot of ski tracks and in Kandalaksha, and in Monchegorsk, and in Kirovsk. And we realized that the track of the Tirvas sports complex in Kirovsk is very similar to the one in Trondheim: both the location and the stadium. And we recreated it! The banners alone were half a kilometer long. In addition, in 1997 Trondheim celebrated its 1000th anniversary, so there was a lot of symbolism, which was also recreated.