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The Old Miller's Tale
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The Old Miller's Tale

Oct 1, 2020
1h 33m
★ 7.7

Overview

It is evening, children are gathered around the fire, and the old miller begins to tell them a fairy tale. In his tale, Mykola, a bursak, goes to Mr. Adam to teach his daughter Khrystyna to read and write. But on the way to the manor, Mykola learns that the village has been invaded by evil spirits, werewolves, and air-breathers, and that Mr. Adam himself is in captivity. Mykola and Khrystyna decide to free the prisoners and the land from evil spirits, but they will have to go through many trials.

Genres

Fantasy

Production Companies

Euromedia Company
Ukrainian State Film Agency

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Cast

Anna Koshmal

Khrystyna

Anna Koshmal

Valentyn Tomusiak

Mykola

Valentyn Tomusiak

Oleksii Bohdanovych

Adam

Oleksii Bohdanovych

Anatoli Khostikoyev

Old Miller

Anatoli Khostikoyev

Volodymyr Horianskyi

Kozak Perets

Volodymyr Horianskyi

Irma Vitovska

Paraska Kazka

Irma Vitovska

Ada Rohovtseva

Adam's mother

Ada Rohovtseva

Ostap Stupka

Paraska's husband

Ostap Stupka

Nataliia Sumska

Nataliia Sumska

Leonid Shevchenko

Leonid Shevchenko

Natalka Denysenko

Natalka Denysenko

Garik Bircha

Garik Bircha

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