King Stag (1970)

Original title

Король-олень

Directed by

Pavel Arsyonov

Genre

comedy film, fantasy film, musical film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A king is transformed into an animal. His friends try to save him from this magical predicament.

whimsicalmusicallightheartedfairy-taleplayfulnostalgicmelodictheatrical

What happens

King Stag (Russian: Король-олень, romanized: Korol-olen) is a feature film directed by Pavel Arsenov based on the musical play of the same name by Carlo Gozzi, and shot at the Gorky Film Studio in 1969. In the film, songs are played to the music of Mikael Tariverdiev performed by Alla Pugacheva, Yury Yakovlev, Sergei Yursky, Oleg Yefremov, Oleg Tabakov. It was a classic of children's cinema in the Soviet Union. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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