Cain XVIII
1963 film
- 1963 (1963)
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Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, 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
- Erast Garin as King Cain XVIII
- Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Queen Vlasta
- Mikhail Zharov as Minister of War
- Yuri Lyubimov as First Minister
- Alexander Demyanenko as Ian
- Stanislav Khitrov as Jean
- Rina Zelyonaya as Foreign Governess
- Alexandr Beniaminov as Professor
- Bruno Freindlich as Chief of Secret Police
- Georgi Vitsin as Freelance Hangman
- Boris Chirkov as Lavatory Worker
- Igor Dmitriev as General
- Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as First Dame
- Marina Polbentseva as Professor's Wife
- Nikolay Trofimov as Agent 214
- Anatoly Korolkevich as Agent with a carnation
External links
- Kain XVIII at IMDb
- (in Russian) In ru.wikiquote
- (in Russian) Yuri Lyubimov about film
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Films by Nadezhda Kosheverova
- Cinderella (1947)
- Spring in Moscow (1953)
- Tamer of Tigers (1954)
- Honeymoon (1956)
- Be Careful, Grandma! (1960)
- Cain XVIII (1963)
- An Old, Old Tale (1968)
- Shadow (1971)
- Tsarevich Prosha (1974)
- How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder (1977)
- The Nightingale (1979)
- The Donkey's Hide (1982)
- And Then Came Bumbo... (1984)
- The Tale About the Painter in Love (1987)
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