Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician (1984)

6.6/10 133 min Adventure Fantasy Romance

Overview

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

Cast

Anton Tabakov

Young Prince

Anna Isaykina

Princess

Igor Kvasha

Old Prince

Sergei Yursky

Keeper of Tales

Regīna Razuma

Kind-Hearted Fairy

Tatyana Vasileva

Evil Witch

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Junior Minister

Mikhail Svetin

King

Lyudmila Krylova

Queen

Alexander Shavrin

Bluebeard

Yevgeniya Simonova

Bluebeard's wife

Igor Dmitriev

First Minister

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Ogre

Viktor Ilichyov

Footman

Margarita Sergeyecheva

Cinderella

Yulia Kosmachyova

Red Riding Hood

Evgeniy Evstigneev

New King

Vladimir Yurev

Guard

Vladimir Naumtsev

Barber

Lyudmila Arinina

Stepmother

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