Old Man Khottabych

Old Man Khottabych (1957)

Старик Хоттабыч

A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.

Date of release
1957-07-12
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (62)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Director
Gennadi Kazansky

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Old Khottabych

Starik Khottabych is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the Soviet Union by Goskino at Kinostudiya Lenfilm in 1956, based on a children's fairytale novel with the same title by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures in 1960.

Production personnel

Art directors: Isaak Kaplan, Bella Manevich

Director of photography: Mihail Shamkovich

Art directors: A. Alekseyev, Mihail Krotkin, Maria Kandat

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