''Starik Khottabych'' (, ''Old Man Khottabych'' or ''Old Khottabych'') is a Sovcolor
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fantasy film
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produced in the
USSR
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by
Goskino
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at Kinostudyia Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio) in 1956, based on a children's book of the same name by
Lazar Lagin
Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (), real name Lazar Ginzburg (4 December 1903, Vitebsk – 16 June 1979, Moscow), was a Soviet author of children's and science fiction books.
Lagin is best known for his ever-popular book ''Starik Hottabych'' (Стар ...
who also wrote the film's script, and directed by
Gennadi Kazansky
Gennadi Kazansky (1 December 1910 – 14 September 1983) was a Soviet film director of the Soviet era.Goble p.355
Life and career
Gennadi Kazansky was born on 18 November 18 or December 1910 in Voronezh. He studied art history at the Leningrad ...
. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title ''The Flying Carpet'' through Artkino Pictures in 1960.
Plot summary
Volka,Volka (Willie) is a
diminutive
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form of the name Volya which also was a diminutive name of
Vladimir
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Etymology
...
: "Yesterday, a pioneer named Vladimir Kostylkov came to his district militia station and handed the officer on duty a treasure consisting of antique gold objects which he found on the bottom of the river, in a very deep place. /ref> a 12-year-old Soviet Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union, Young Pioneer, discovers an ancient vessel at the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a
genie
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emerges. He calls himself Hassan Abdul-rahman ibn Khottab, but Volka renames him Khottabych. The name Khottabych is derived from the
Arabic
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Russian
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patronymic
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suffix
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-ych, yielding a Russian equivalent of ibn-Khottab (son of Khottab). Khottabych later claims to be 3,732 years and 5 months old. The grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes, but it becomes clear that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have some unforeseen undesirable results.
Cast
* as Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab ("Old Khottabych") which is the name of a jinn (kind of non bad spirit)
* Alexey Litvinov as Volka Kostylkov (Volka ibn Alyosha)
* Genya Khudyskov as Zhenya - Volka's friend
* Lyova Kovalychuk as Goga Pilyukin (Goga-Pilyulya ("pill" in Russian) - young boy who verbally spreads news on the street
* Maya Blinova as Volka's Mother
* Vera Romanova as Glafira Kuzminichna - Goga's Mother
* Olga Cherkasova as Varvara Stepanovna - school class leader
* Efim Kopelyan as Emir Mukhammdov : drilling master from Baku (capital of Azerbaijan Republic)
*
Aleksandr Larikov
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Zinaida Sharko
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* Producer: Lev Makhtin
* Screenplay by
Lazar Lagin
Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (), real name Lazar Ginzburg (4 December 1903, Vitebsk – 16 June 1979, Moscow), was a Soviet author of children's and science fiction books.
Lagin is best known for his ever-popular book ''Starik Hottabych'' (Стар ...
* Directed by
Gennadi Kazansky
Gennadi Kazansky (1 December 1910 – 14 September 1983) was a Soviet film director of the Soviet era.Goble p.355
Life and career
Gennadi Kazansky was born on 18 November 18 or December 1910 in Voronezh. He studied art history at the Leningrad ...
Aladdin
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and his magical lamp, and it was quite popular with Soviet kids. There were two major versions of the novel - the original was published in 1938, and a revised version followed in 1955. This later version was the basis of the 1956 film. Revisions to the novel were made by Lagin himself in order to incorporate the changes taking place in the USSR and the rest of the world into the narrative, including some ideological anti-capitalistic elements. The original edition has been republished in the
Post-Soviet
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era.
Awards
*1958
Moscow International Film Festival
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award
*1958
Vancouver International Film Festival
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award
Video
Early 1990s - Russkoje Video (VHS)
December 2003 - Russian Cinema Councill (DVD). The disc contains four spoken languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: Russian original, English voice-over, French and Arabic languages; subtitles in Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese. It also contains special features "Monologue in the Intermission", "Another Genie", filmography and a photo album.
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