The Magician

Mar 18, 1968

1h 19m

★ 4.6

Overview

In a small provincial town, the magician Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin performed in a student dormitory. His tricks were not very complicated and did not make a great impression on the audience. But this evening was the beginning of friendship between the magician and the students.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mosfilm

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Cast

Viktor Mikhaylovich Kukushkin

Zinoviy Gerdt

Elena Ivanovna

Alla Larionova

Stepan Nikolaevich Rossomakhin

Evgeni Leonov

Pavel

Leonid Dyachkov

Asrtist

Vladimir Basov

Lilya Kukushkina

Olga Gobzeva

Dima

Eduard Abert

Lyudmila Gladunko

Sasha

Svetlana Kharitonova

Grandmother

Akilina Kolesova

Aleksei Mironov

Vladimir Smirnov

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