Plot Summary
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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Full Cast & Characters
Oleg Dal
Soldier / Puppet master
Marina Neyolova
Princess / innkeeper's daughter
Vladimir Etush
King / Innkeeper
Georgiy Vitsin
good wizard
Vera Titova
witch / davil's grandmother
Viktor Perevalov
Prince-chimney sweep
Georgiy Shtil
Eastern Prince
Anatoly Korolkevich
doorman
Georgi Georgiu
"thick"
Lev Lemke
"thin"
Igor Dmitriev
Boris Lyoskin
Director & Crew
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Director
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Where can I watch A Very Old Story online?
A Very Old Story (1968) is available to stream on various platforms. You can also watch it online via our Watch Online button.
What is the TMDB rating of A Very Old Story?
It has a TMDB rating of 6.4/10 based on 22 votes.
Who directed A Very Old Story?
A Very Old Story was directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova and released in 1968.
How long is A Very Old Story?
A Very Old Story has a runtime of 1 hours and 30 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1968-12-31
- Status
- Released