Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician (1984)
A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.
Director: Natalya Zbandut
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Anton Tabakov as Young Prince |
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Anna Isaykina as Princess |
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Igor Kvasha as Old Prince |
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Sergei Yursky as Keeper of Tales |
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Regīna Razuma as Kind-Hearted Fairy |
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Tatyana Vasileva as Evil Witch |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Junior Minister |
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Mikhail Svetin as King |
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Lyudmila Krylova as Queen |
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Alexander Shavrin as Bluebeard |
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Yevgeniya Simonova as Bluebeard's wife |
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Igor Dmitriev as First Minister |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as Ogre |
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Viktor Ilichyov as Footman |
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Margarita Sergeyecheva as Cinderella |
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Yulia Kosmachyova as Red Riding Hood |
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Evgeniy Evstigneev as New King |
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Vladimir Yurev as Guard |
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Vladimir Naumtsev as Barber |
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Lyudmila Arinina as Stepmother |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gladkov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Charles Perrault | Original Story |
| Writing | Iosif Leonidov | Writer |
| Camera | Denis Evstigneev | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Irina Blogerman | Editor |
| Art | Oksana Medved | Production Design |
| Art | Vladimir Shinkevich | Production Design |
| Directing | Natalya Zbandut | Director |