An Ordinary Miracle (1964 film)
| An Ordinary Miracle | |
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| Directed by | Erast Garin Khesya Lokshina |
| Written by | Erast Garin Khesya Lokshina |
| Starring | Oleg Vidov Georgi Georgiu Erast Garin |
| Cinematography | Viktor Grishin |
| Music by | Vladimir Tchaikovsky L. Rapoport |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
An Ordinary Miracle (Russian: Обыкновенное чудо, romanized: Obyknovennoye chudo) is a Soviet 1964 romantic fantasy film, directed by Erast Garin and based on a play by Yevgeni Shvarts.[1][2][3]
King's palace was filmed in Vorontsov Palace. Garin himself plays the role of the King as he had in the successful production of the play in the 1950 production[4][5][6]
Plot
A wizard, having settled down and turned to a quiet domestic life, cannot resist temptation when he encounters a bear in the forest. Using a hazel twig, he crafts a magic wand and transforms the bear into a handsome young man. However, he imposes a single condition: the young man will revert to being a bear if he were ever kissed by a princess.
Cast
- Aleksey Konsovsky as Khozyain
- Nina Zorskaya as Khozyayka
- Oleg Vidov as The Bear
- Erast Garin as The King
- Nelli Maksimova as The Princess
- Georgi Georgiu as Minister Administrator
- Aleksei Dobronravov
- Valentina Karavayeva
- Viktor Avdyushko
- Klavdiya Lepanova
- Svetlana Konovalova
- Yevgeni Vesnik as The Hunter
- Georgi Millyar
Reception
References
- ^ Korneeva, Marina; Gillespie, David (2023-12-28). The History of Russian Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-5013-1689-0.
- ^ Soviet Film. Sovexportfilm. 1972.
- ^ Metcalf, Amanda J. (1979). Evgenii Shvarts and His Fairy-tales for Adults. Department of Russian Language & Literature, University of Birmingham. ISBN 978-0-7044-0350-5.
- ^ New Times. Newspaper "Trud". 1957.
- ^ Russian Life. Rich Frontier Publishing Company. 2002.
- ^ Senelick, Laurence (2015-08-13). Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre (in Arabic). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4927-1.
See also
- An Ordinary Miracle (1978 film) - another adaptation of the same play.
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