Cain XVIII
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| Directed by | Nadezhda Kosheverova Mikhail Shapiro |
| Produced by | Lenfilm |
| Written by | Evgeny Shvarts Nikolai Erdman |
| Starring | Erast Garin Aleksandr Demyanenko Yuri Lyubimov |
| Music by | Antonio Spadaveccia |
| Cinematography | Eduard Rozovsky |
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Release dates
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1963 |
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Running time
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94 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' tale Two friends. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film.
Plot
A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king.
Cast
- King Cain XVIII - Erast Garin
- Queen Vlasta - Lidiya Sukharevskaya
- Minister of War - Mikhail Zharov
- First Minister - Yuri Lyubimov
- Ian - Alexander Demyanenko
- Jean - Stanislav Khitrov
- Foreign Governess - Rina Zelyonaya
- Professor - Alexandr Beniaminov
- Chief of Secret Police - Bruno Freindlich
- Freelance Hangman - Georgi Vitsin
- Lavatory Worker - Boris Chirkov
- General - Igor Dmitriev
- First Dame - Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
- Professor's Wife - Marina Polbentseva
- Agent 214 - Nikolai Trofimov
- Agent with a carnation - Anatoly Korolkevich
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Kain XVIII at IMDb
- (Russian) In ru.wikiquote
- (Russian) Yuri Lyubimov about film
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