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The Magical Portrait

The Magical Portrait

19978.51h 17m

Overview

Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...

Directed by Gennadi Vasilyev
Written by Shi U. Zhang, Gennadi Vasilyev
Produced by Tzjuangchan Jen, Vitaliy Sidorenko
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Top Cast

Sergey Shnyryov

Sergey Shnyryov

Ivan

Li Gao

Li Gao

Xiao Qing

Ariadna Shengelaia

Ariadna Shengelaia

Sorceress

Valentina Telichkina

Valentina Telichkina

Ivan's mother

Vladimir Antonik

Vladimir Antonik

Knyaz

Irina Bezrukova

Irina Bezrukova

Malachite Fairy

Andrey Martynov

Andrey Martynov

Titus

Tamara Sidorenko

Tamara Sidorenko

Titus's wife

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Anna Markova

Motya

Natalya Goncharova

Natalya Goncharova

Innkeeper

Themes & Keywords

fairy tale

About The Magical Portrait

The Magical Portrait is a family, fantasy, romance film released in 1997 exploring themes of fairy tale. Directed by Gennadi Vasilyev, it stars Sergey Shnyryov, Li Gao, Ariadna Shengelaia. Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...

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