A Very Old Story

6.2
19681h 30m

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.

Production

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Cast

Photo of Oleg Dal

Oleg Dal

Soldier / Puppet master

Photo of Marina Neyolova

Marina Neyolova

Princess / innkeeper's daughter

Photo of Vladimir Etush

Vladimir Etush

King / Innkeeper

Photo of Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

good wizard

Photo of Vera Titova

Vera Titova

witch / davil's grandmother

Photo of Viktor Perevalov

Viktor Perevalov

Prince-chimney sweep

Photo of Georgiy Shtil

Georgiy Shtil

Eastern Prince

Photo of Lev Lemke

Lev Lemke

"thin"

Photo of Anatoli Abramov

Anatoli Abramov

contender for groom

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