In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.
Unfortunately the movie The Book of the Sea is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Aleksei Ottoi | Production Consultant |
| Production | Tatyana Achirgina | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Eduard Belyaev | Art Direction |
| Writing | Eduard Belyaev | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aleksei Pochivalov | Screenplay |
| Art | Mariya Chayka | Production Design |
| Art | Olga Rogova | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Eduard Belyaev | Animation |
| Art | Yuliya Pochivalova | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Alexey Vakhrushev | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Dmitriy Lazarev | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Smirnov | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Sergei Borisov | Digital Compositor |
| Art | Natalya Akashkina | Production Design |
| Art | Aleksei Pochivalov | Production Design |
| Art | Margarita Zinovyeva-Shramkovskaya | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Olga Rogova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aleksei Pochivalov | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Ivan Verbitskiy | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Aleksei Pochivalov | Animation |
| Editing | Aleksei Dolmat | Colorist |
| Sound | Timur Ibatullin | Sound Effects |
| Art | Konstantin Larionov | Title Designer |
| Production | Svetlana Yakovleva | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sergey Ovcharenko | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Svetlana Chesnokova | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Svetlana Chesnokova | Animation |
| Production | Alexey Vakhrushev | Producer |
| Directing | Alexey Vakhrushev | Director |
| Writing | Alexey Vakhrushev | Screenplay |
| Camera | Ruslan Fedotov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yuliya Trofimenko | Editor |
| Production | Lyudmila Veber | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Vyacheslav Makaryev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alexandr Tavrizyan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mariya Ushenina | Sound Director |
