Funny Magic () is a 1969 Soviet

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film directed by

Boris Rytsarev Boris Vladimirovich Rytsarev (; 30 June 1930 in Moscow – 25 November 1995 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and depe ...

based on the play by Nina Gernet and Grigory Yagdfeld.

Plot

Picking unknown flowers in the field, girl Katya did not even suspect that she had found the miraculous Kashchei's grass that could cast a spell on

Vasilisa the Beautiful Vasilisa the Beautiful () or Vasilisa the Fair is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Synopsis A merchant's wife, with whom he has lived in marriage for 12 years, dies, leaving behind an only d ...

. The old cleaning lady Akulina Ivanovna told the girl about this, in the distant past

Baba Yaga Baba Yaga is a female character (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) from Slavic folklore who has two contrasting roles. In some narratives, she is described as a repulsive or ferocious-looking old woman who fries and eats children, ...

. Riding on a broomstick, they fly out of the library window towards adventures, grabbing a magic book, without which Kashchei cannot be defeated in any way.Merry Magic
on

Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio () is a municipally-owned film studio in Moscow, Russia. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed at the Gorky Film Studio throughout its history and ...

Cast

*Marina Kozodaeva as Katya *Andrey Voinovsky as Lisichkin * Valentina Sperantova as Akulina Ivanovna /

*Elizaveta Uvarova as

Kikimora Kikimora is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy. The kikimora can either be a "bad" or a "good" spirit, which will depend on the behavior of the hom ...

*Valentin Bryleev as

Leshy Leshy or Leshi, ; literally, ' efrom the forest'. is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. A similar deity called ''Svyatibor'' ('' ...

Fyodor Nikitin Fyodor Mikhailovich Nikitin (; May 3, 1900 in Lokhvytsia – July 17, 1988 in Moscow) was a Soviet film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Winner of two USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes first degree (1950, 1951). Filmography ...

as Kashchei the Immortal *Natalya Enke as Zoya Petrovna *Svetlana Smekhnova as

* Zinaida Vorkul as episode (uncredited)

References

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* 1969 films 1960s children's fantasy films Soviet black-and-white films Gorky Film Studio films Films based on fairy tales Soviet films based on plays 1960s Russian-language films 1960s Soviet films Soviet children's fantasy films {{child-film-stub