Kain XVIII
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| Kain XVIII | |
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| Directed by | Nadezhda Kosheverova Mikhail Shapiro |
| Produced by | Lenfilm |
| Written by | Evgeny Shvarts Nikolai Erdman |
| Starring | Erast Garin Aleksandr Demyanenko Yuri Lyubimov |
| Music by | Antonio Spadaveccia |
| Cinematography | Eduard Rozovsky |
| Release date(s) | 1963 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | Russian |
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Kain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film adaptation of Evgeny Shvarts' tale Two friends. 21.7 million spectators saw the film.
[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The Professor invents an extra-powerful weapon - an explosive mosquito. King Kain XVIII dreams to conquer all the world and wants to be married the princess. But the vagrant musician Yan falls in love with the princess. His love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously destroy the insidious plans of the king.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Cast
- King Kain XVIII - Erast Garin
- Queen Vlasta - Lidiya Sukharevskaya
- Minister of War - Mikhail Zharov
- First Minister - Yuri Lyubimov
- Yan - Aleksandr Demyanenko
- Jan - Stanislav Khitrov
- Foreign Governess - Rina Zelyonaya
- Professor - Alexandr Beniaminov
- Chief of Secret Police - Bruno Freindlich
- Freelance Hangman - Georgi Vitsin
- Lavatory Worker - Boris Chirkov
- General - Igor Dmitriev
- First Dame - Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
- Professor's Wife - Marina Polbentseva
- Agent 214 - Nikolai Trofimov
- Agent with a carnation - Anatoly Korolkevich
[edit] External links
- (Russian) In ru.wikiquote
- (Russian) Yuri Lyubimov about film
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