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A Very Old Story

Name: A Very Old Story
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Released: 1968-12-31
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.4

★ 6,4 /10 (22 Votes)

1968 RU 90 min

Overview

Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.

Release date

31/12/1968

Votes

Popularity

2.3