Old Khottabych (1957)

Original title

Старик Хоттабыч

Directed by

Gennady Kazansky

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

0

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy discovers an ancient lamp that contains a genie named Khottabych. The genie tries to help the boy with magic but keeps causing funny and chaotic situations.

whimsicallightheartedplayfulslapsticknostalgicgentlefantasticalfeel-good

What happens

Starik Khottabych (Russian: Старик Хоттабыч, Old Man Khottabych or Old Khottabych) is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the Soviet Union by Goskino at Kinostudyia Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio) in 1956, based on a children's fairytale novel with the same title by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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