6.3A Very Old Story · 1968
A Very Old Story (1968) is a Family / Fantasy film directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova, starring Oleg Dal, Marina Neyolova, Vladimir Etush.
FamilyFantasy
6.3Overview
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
Cast
Oleg Dal, Marina Neyolova, Vladimir Etush, Georgiy Vitsin, Vera Titova, Viktor Perevalov, Georgiy Shtil, Anatoly Korolkevich
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What is "A Very Old Story" about?
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.
When was "A Very Old Story" released?
A Very Old Story was released in 1968.
Who stars in "A Very Old Story"?
The cast includes Oleg Dal, Marina Neyolova, Vladimir Etush, Georgiy Vitsin.
