Summary
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.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 65
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −17 min on the typical 103
typical 10386Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1957
July 12, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
AdventureFantasyFamilyLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
16 people
Nikolai Volkov St.Хоттабыч
Aleksei LitvinovВолька (Володя Костыльков)
Gennadi KhudyakovЖенька Богорад
Lev KovalchukГога
Olga CherkasovaВарвара Степановна
Maya Blinovaмать Вольки
Efim KopelyanДжафар али Мухаммедов
Aleksandr Larikovдоктор
Anatoly Korolkevichпредставитель Управления Госцирков
Valentina RomanovaГлафира Кузьминична
Yevgeni Vesnikпостовой милиционер- AGAyzik Galinпрофорг цирка
Boris Kokovkinчлен экзаменационной комиссии
Vsevolod Kuznetsovфутбольный болельщик / зритель в цирке
Lev Stepanovгражданин в телефонной будке- MZMaya Zabulisзрительница на футболе (в титрах не указана)
Directing · 2
- Gennadi Kazansky Director
- Lev Makhtin Second Unit Director
Writing · 1
- Lazar Lagin Writer, Book
Production · 1
- Tamara Samoznayeva Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Muzakir Shurukov Camera Operator
Sound · 2
- Nadezhda Simonyan Original Music Composer
- Grigori Elbert Sound
Art · 2
- Bella Manevich Production Design
- Isaak Kaplan Production Design
Visual Effects · 6
- Mikhail Pokroskiy Visual Effects Camera
- Mariya Kandat VFX Artist
- A. Alekseev VFX Artist
- Mikhail Shamkovich VFX Director of Photography
- Mikhail Krotkin VFX Artist
- B. Dudov Visual Effects Camera
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