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The Legend of the Cruel Giant
The Legend of the Cruel Giant
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The Legend of the Cruel Giant

Original Title: Легенда о злом великане

1967
10m
Animation
Fantasy

Status

Released

Release

1967

Runtime

10m

Storyline

Once upon a time there lived a poor fisherman in a dilapidated dugout on the seashore. He went to the sea on a boat, he was fishing. And once he caught an old bottle on which was the inscription that the one who opens this bottle, will receive untold treasures, become noble and rich. The fisherman, of course, without hesitation, opened the bottle, and from there the Genie burst out. He laughed at the fisherman, called him a bitch, but he fulfilled the promise, giving him a lot of gold. And the fisherman became the richest and most revered, but this did not bring any treasures to him, because the release on freedom the Genie, caused many troubles - as a result of the storms many fishermen fell. The fisherman, suffering with conscience, went to a wise wizard to ask how to rid the world of the cruel Genie. And he replied that there is only one way out.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
10m
Jan 1, 1967
Languages
Russian
Director
Vladimir Danilevich
Vladimir Danilevich
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Production
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union

Top Cast

2 Cast Members

Anatoliy Papanov

Anatoliy Papanov

Angry Giant

Dmitriy Zhuravlyov

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