Old Man Khottabych
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7/12/1957Runtime
86 minsOverview
A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.
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A Soviet fairy tale about a boy learning that even magical wishes require wisdom and restraint. The film playfully explores the gap between desire and consequence through the unlikely friendship between a modern child and an ancient genie.
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Nikolai Volkov St.
Хоттабыч
Aleksei Litvinov
Волька (Володя Костыльков)
Gennadi Khudyakov
Женька Богорад
Lev Kovalchuk
Гога
Olga Cherkasova
Варвара Степановна
Maya Blinova
мать Вольки
Efim Kopelyan
Джафар али Мухаммедов
Aleksandr Larikov
доктор
Anatoly Korolkevich
Comrade from the State Circus Administration
Valentina Romanova
Глафира Кузьминична
Yevgeni Vesnik
постовой милиционер
Ayzik Galin
профорг цирка
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