The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Yuli KimWriter
- Mikhail YuzovskiyDirector
- Gennadiy GladkovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Oleg TabakovКащей Бессмертный
- Tatyana Pelttserсторожиха (добрая Баба-Яга)
- Semyon FaradaБабадур
- Valentina TalyzinaВарвара, главная ключница
- Oleg Anofrievцарь Авдей
- Marina YakovlevaЖар-птица
- Mariya Barabanovaпервая нянька
- Yuri MedvedevЕгорий
- Marina ZudinaМилолика
- Georgi Millyarслуга Бабадура
- Gennadi FrolovИван - Варварин сын
- Vladimir FyodorovВолосатенький