Old Man Khottabych

Old Man Khottabych

1957 · 86 min · RU · 7.0 (62 votes)
Dir. Gennadi Kazansky · Starring Nikolai Volkov St., Aleksei Litvinov, Gennadi Khudyakov, Lev Kovalchuk, Olga Cherkasova, Maya Blinova · Music Nadezhda Simonyan
AdventureFantasyFamily

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.

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A gentle, whimsical journey into Soviet-era fantasy. It feels like a warm hug from the past, filled with innocent wishes and the charming awkwardness of a genie out of time. Pure, lighthearted adventure.

whimsicalcharminglightheartednostalgicsteadySoviet fantasyfamily-friendlyvintage special effectsgentle humorfriendshipconsequenceswondercultural clash
fairy tale
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