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An Ordinary Miracle (1964 film) (1964)

An Ordinary Miracle (1964 film) poster
Original title
Обыкновенное чудо
Directed by
Khesya Lokshina, Erast Garin
Genre
fantasy film, comedy drama, romance film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A king deals with a wizard's mischief and a young couple's romance. It is based on a play and follows a magical story about love and identity.

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What happens

An Ordinary Miracle (Russian: Обыкновенное чудо, romanized: Obyknovennoye chudo) is a Soviet 1964 romantic fantasy film, directed by Erast Garin and based on a play by Yevgeni Shvarts. King's palace was filmed in Vorontsov Palace. Garin himself plays the role of the King as he had in the successful production of the play in the 1950 production (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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