A Very Old Story
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Synopsis
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.
Details
- Nadezhda Kosheverova
- December 31, 1968
- Released
- Soviet Union
- Lenfilm
- 1h 30m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Oleg DalSoldier / Puppet master -
Marina NeyolovaPrincess / innkeeper's daughter -
Vladimir EtushKing / Innkeeper -
Georgiy Vitsingood wizard -
Vera Titovawitch / davil's grandmother -
Viktor PerevalovPrince-chimney sweep -
Georgiy ShtilEastern Prince -
Anatoly Korolkevichdoorman -
Georgi Georgiu"thick" -
Lev Lemke"thin" -
Igor Dmitriev -
Boris Lyoskin
