This fantastic comedy is based on the tale of the same name by Lazar Lagin.
A 12-year-old schoolboy, Volka, while taking a swim in the Moscow River, stumbles upon a sealed old jug with something inside. The boy’s curiosity was so overpowering that he opened the vessel as soon as he got a chance, and saw before him an Oriental genie – Hassan Abdurahman ibn Hottab. To reward Volka for saving him from a two thousand-year-long confinement, the genie, whom the boy called Hottabych, becomes his loyal servant. Determined to shower the boy with presents, Hottabych delivers to his home a whole caravan of camels loaded with countless treasures. Together, they will take a thrilling flight to India on a magic carpet….
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DVD IS AVAILABLE WITH RUSSIAN COVERS ONLY!.
Awards: Honorary Diploma at the Vancouver IFF, 1958.
Studio: Lenfilm
Year of Release: 1956.
Director: Gennady Kazansky
Script: Lazar Lagin
Camera: Muzakir Shukurov
Music by: Nadezhda Simonyan
Cast: Nikolai Volkov, Alyosha Litvinov, Ghena Khudyakov, Lyova Kovalchuk, O. Cherkasova, Maya Blinova, Yefim Kopelyan, Alexander Larikov, V. Romanova, Yevgheny Vesnik, A. Galin, Boris Kokovkin, Anatoly Korolkevich, V. Kuznetsov, M. Stepanov.
Running time: 86 min.
Color: colored
Format: 16:9
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