Old Man Khottabych (1957)

7.0/10 86 min Adventure Fantasy Family

Overview

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.

Cast

Nikolai Volkov St.

Хоттабыч

Aleksei Litvinov

Волька (Володя Костыльков)

Gennadi Khudyakov

Женька Богорад

Lev Kovalchuk

Гога

Olga Cherkasova

Варвара Степановна

Maya Blinova

мать Вольки

Efim Kopelyan

Джафар али Мухаммедов

Aleksandr Larikov

доктор

Anatoly Korolkevich

Comrade from the State Circus Administration

Valentina Romanova

Глафира Кузьминична

Yevgeni Vesnik

постовой милиционер

Boris Kokovkin

член экзаменационной комиссии

Anatoly Korolkevich

представитель Управления Госцирков

Vsevolod Kuznetsov

футбольный болельщик / зритель в цирке

Lev Stepanov

гражданин в телефонной будке

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