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A Very Old Story(1968)
Status: Released
Date: 1968-12-31
63%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
Languages: Russian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: A Very Old Story
Top 10 Billed Cast
Олег Даль
Soldier / Puppet master
Марина Неёлова
Princess / innkeeper's daughter
Владимир Этуш
King / Innkeeper
Георгий Вицин
good wizard
Вера Титова
witch / davil's grandmother
Виктор Перевалов
Prince-chimney sweep
Георгий Штиль
Eastern Prince
Анатолий Королькевич
doorman
Георгий Георгиу
"thick"
Лев Лемке
"thin"
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Overview
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
Release Date
1968-12-31
Average
6.31
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
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Languages:
Pусский
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