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Cain XVIII (1963)

Cain XVIII poster
Original title
Каин XVIII
Directed by
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A king falls in love with a princess from a neighboring kingdom. But her father opposes the match and plots to stop them. The story is a comedic fairy tale with political jokes.

whimsicalsatiricalplayfulromanticfairy-taleabsurdlightheartedmusical

What happens

Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, Two friends. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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