Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)

Original title

Королевство кривых зеркал

Directed by

Alexander Rou

Genre

fantasy film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

7

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl enters a magical land through a mirror where everything is reversed. She must help the people there by using her wits and courage.

whimsicallightheartedmoralisticfamily-friendlyplayfulgentlenostalgic

What happens

Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (Russian: Королевство кривых зеркал, translit. Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal) is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, by Vitali Gubarev. At the end of 2007, Russia TV filmed a musical remake with the same name, featuring stars Nikolay Baskov, Alla Pugacheva, and the Tolmachevy Sisters. The original film contains introduction music and a fairytale style of the early 1960s. It is also notable for its use of actual twins in the leading roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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