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The Tale About the Enamored Painter
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The Tale About the Enamored Painter

1987-10-19 · 76 min · ★ 7.7

Adventure · Fantasy

Once upon a time, a young and cheerful painter named Makar was invited to the king's palace... There he saw a beautiful woman trying on a crown. Makar fell in love, but was expelled from the palace. After undergoing all kinds of trials and heroic deeds, the former painter came to the palace to ask for the princess's hand in marriage, but saw before him a capricious ugly woman—and realized that he had been enchanted by the servant Katya.

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Directors
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nikolay StotskiyNikolay StotskiyМакар - маляр
Nina UrgantNina UrgantКоролева
Olga VolkovaOlga VolkovaЕё Величество Дризофила II
Valeri IvchenkoValeri IvchenkoКащей
Yekaterina GolubevaYekaterina GolubevaКатюша
Dmitriy IosifovDmitriy Iosifov«седой» заколдованный принц
Aleksandr GraveAleksandr GraveЛеший
Sergei FilippovSergei FilippovГлавный мудрец
Georgiy ShtilGeorgiy ShtilВодяной
Mariya BarabanovaMariya BarabanovaЯгишна
Igor DmitrievIgor Dmitrievпридворный лекарь
Boris ArakelovBoris Arakelov
Georgiy TeykhGeorgiy Teykh
Anatoly Slivnikov
Pavel PervushinPavel Pervushin
Semyon BerlinSemyon Berlin

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