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A Very Old Story

A Very Old Story

19686.21h 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.

Directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova
Written by Hans Christian Andersen, Aleksandr Galich, Aleksandr Bessmertniy
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Top Cast

Oleg Dal

Oleg Dal

Soldier / Puppet master

Marina Neyolova

Marina Neyolova

Princess / innkeeper's daughter

Vladimir Etush

Vladimir Etush

King / Innkeeper

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

good wizard

Vera Titova

Vera Titova

witch / davil's grandmother

Viktor Perevalov

Viktor Perevalov

Prince-chimney sweep

Georgiy Shtil

Georgiy Shtil

Eastern Prince

Anatoly Korolkevich

Anatoly Korolkevich

doorman

Georgi Georgiu

Georgi Georgiu

"thick"

Lev Lemke

Lev Lemke

"thin"

About A Very Old Story

A Very Old Story is a family, fantasy film released in 1968. Directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova, it stars Oleg Dal, Marina Neyolova, Vladimir Etush. 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.

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