Old Man Khottabych (1957)
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.
Director: Gennadi Kazansky
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Nikolai Volkov St. as Хоттабыч |
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Aleksei Litvinov as Волька (Володя Костыльков) |
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Gennadi Khudyakov as Женька Богорад |
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Lev Kovalchuk as Гога |
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Olga Cherkasova as Варвара Степановна |
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Maya Blinova as мать Вольки |
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Efim Kopelyan as Джафар али Мухаммедов |
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Aleksandr Larikov as доктор |
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Anatoly Korolkevich as Comrade from the State Circus Administration |
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Valentina Romanova as Глафира Кузьминична |
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Yevgeni Vesnik as постовой милиционер |
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Ayzik Galin as профорг цирка |
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Boris Kokovkin as член экзаменационной комиссии |
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Anatoly Korolkevich as представитель Управления Госцирков |
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Vsevolod Kuznetsov as футбольный болельщик / зритель в цирке |
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Lev Stepanov as гражданин в телефонной будке |
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Mariya Zhigalina as |
| Directing | Gennadi Kazansky | Director |
| Writing | Lazar Lagin | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Mariya Kandat | VFX Artist |
| Writing | Lazar Lagin | Book |
| Visual Effects | A. Alekseev | VFX Artist |
| Sound | Grigori Elbert | Sound |
| Art | Berta Manevich | Production Design |
| Directing | Lev Makhtin | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Shamkovich | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | B. Dudov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Krotkin | VFX Artist |
| Art | Isaak Kaplan | Production Design |
| Camera | Muzakir Shurukov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Nadezhda Simonyan | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tamara Samoznayeva | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Pokrovskiy | Visual Effects Camera |