It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
| Source | Rating | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| IMDb | 7.6/10 | 71% |
| TMDB | 6.4/1022 votes | 29% |
| Balasaur Score | 73 | 100% |
Key crew
- Nadezhda KosheverovaDirector
- Andrey PetrovOriginal Music Composer
- Valeri FridScreenplay
- Yuli DunskyScreenplay
Cast
- Oleg DalSoldier / Puppet master
- Marina NeyolovaPrincess / innkeeper's daughter
- Vladimir EtushKing / Innkeeper
- Georgiy Vitsingood wizard
- Vera Titovawitch / davil's grandmother
- Viktor PerevalovPrince-chimney sweep
- Georgiy ShtilEastern Prince
- Anatoly Korolkevichdoorman
- Georgi Georgiu"thick"
- Lev Lemke"thin"
- Igor Dmitriev
- Boris Lyoskin
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