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A Very Old Story (1968) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 90 mins · Russian
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- Directed by
- Nadezhda Kosheverova
- Starring
- Vladimir Etush, Marina Neyolova, Igor Dmitriev, Viktor Perevalov, Vera Titova, Lev Lemke
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy‑tale “The Tinderbox,” the film follows an impoverished puppeteer who escapes his bleak world by crafting a story in which he becomes a daring soldier. Guided by a benevolent wizard, he discovers a magical flint, wins the love of a capricious princess who tests suitors with riddles, and fools her gold‑hungry king. While the imagined tale ends happily, reality does not, as his beloved reminds him: “Life is not a fairy tale.”
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