Russia / Dec 31, 1968 / Original Release (No Exact Date)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
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Genres
FamilyFantasy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Старая, старая сказка |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Lenfilm |
| Release date | 31 dicembre 1968 |
| Executive producer | Semyon Goloshchyokin |
| Writer | Hans Christian Andersen, Valeri Frid, Yuli Dunsky, Aleksandr Galich, Aleksandr Bessmertniy |
| Editing | Valentina Mironova |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Ryzhov, K. Polukhin, A. Kotov, Valery Mironov |
| Assistant directors | Nina Zimatskaya, Lidiya Dukhnitskaya, Valeri Bychenkov, Nadezhda Kosheverova, Anna Tubenshlyak |
| Camera operators | K. Polukhin, Konstantin Ryzhov, A. Kotov, Valery Mironov |
| Additional photography | Konstantin Ryzhov, K. Polukhin, A. Kotov, Valery Mironov |
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| Production design | Marina Azizyan, Igor Vuskovich, B. Smirnov, Yu. Kalinin |
| Art direction | Marina Azizyan, Igor Vuskovich, B. Smirnov, Yu. Kalinin |
| Set decoration | Marina Azizyan, Igor Vuskovich, B. Smirnov, Yu. Kalinin |
| Visual effects | Yevgeniy Demmeni, Aleksandr Zavyalov, Georgiy Senotov, E. Vladimirov, Lev Kholmov |
| Music | Andrey Petrov, Anatoli Badkhen, Boris Khutoryansky |
| Sound | Andrey Petrov, Anatoli Badkhen, Boris Khutoryansky |
| Costume design | Marina Azizyan, Viktoriya Mogilyanskaya, Aleksey Gribov, Lyudmila Stambirskaya |
| Makeup | Aleksey Gribov, Lyudmila Stambirskaya, Marina Azizyan, Viktoriya Mogilyanskaya |
| Hairstyling | Marina Azizyan, Viktoriya Mogilyanskaya, Aleksey Gribov, Lyudmila Stambirskaya |
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