Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician

Jan 2, 1984

2h 13m

★ 6.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Adventure

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Odessa Film Studio

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Cast

Young Prince

Anton Tabakov

Princess

Anna Isaykina

Old Prince

Igor Kvasha

Keeper of Tales

Sergei Yursky

Kind-Hearted Fairy

Regīna Razuma

Evil Witch

Tatyana Vasileva

Junior Minister

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

King

Mikhail Svetin

Queen

Lyudmila Krylova

Bluebeard

Alexander Shavrin

Bluebeard's wife

Yevgeniya Simonova

First Minister

Igor Dmitriev

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