Smart Things (1983)
A magical tale about a poor musician who one day stumbled upon a wondrous market stall. An old man there was selling incredible items — a magic mirror, an invisibility cap, a self-setting tablecloth… Among these enchanted objects was a marvelous self-playing flute. The old man gave the poor young musician the flute and the magic mirror, on one condition: they had to be returned in a year. A greedy rich man also took a liking to these magical things and, through deceit and trickery, tried to steal them — even throwing the musician into a dungeon. But what the greedy man didn’t know was that clever, enchanted things only bring happiness to a kind heart — and no wisdom at all to a foolish one.
Director: Eugene Simonoff
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Dmitri Nazarov as |
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Svetlana Amanova as |
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Galina Skorobogatova as |
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Boris Telegin as |
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Anatoliy Toropov as |
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Vladimir Kolosov as |
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Georgiy Obolenskiy as |
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Boris Klyuev as |
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Viktor Bortsov as |
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Gennadiy Sergeev as |
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Ella Dalmatova as |
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Margarita Fomina as |
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Evgeni Burenkov as |
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Victor Bunakov as |
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Arkady Smirnov as |
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Irina Likso as |
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Yuri Vasilyev as |
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Valentina Evstratova as |
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Georgiy Kulikov as |
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Sergei Kharchenko as |
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Nikolai Afanasyev as |
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Anatoli Opritov as |
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Aleksey Kudinovich as |
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Vitaly Igarov as |
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Ivan Vereisky as |
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Aleksandr Klyukvin as |
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Pyotr Skladchikov as |
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Valentina Korotayeva as |
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Svetlana Morozova as |
| Directing | Eugene Simonoff | Director |
| Writing | Samuil Marshak | Writer |
| Sound | Tikhon Khrennikov | Music |