Maria, the Wonderful Weaver (1959)

7.2/10 74 min Family Fantasy

Overview

An old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who's been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom in a remote Russian lake.

Cast

Ninel Myshkova

Мariya

Viktor Perevalov

Ivanushka, her son

Mikhail Kuznetsov

The Old Soldier

Anatoliy Kubatskiy

Whirlpool XIII

Olga Khadhapuridze

Аlyonushka

Georgi Millyar

Prime Minister Croaker

Vera Altayskaya

Тetushka-Nepogochuska

Aleksandr Khvylia

Mudrets-Mulchanik

Sergei Troitsky

Altyn Altynynch

Valentin Bryleev

Aleksandr Baranov

Nikita Kondratyev

Konstantin Nemolyayev

Vladimir Pitsek

Nikolay Kuznetsov

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