Old Man Khottabych

Old Man Khottabych

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1957-07-12
Duration:86 min
Country:Soviet Union
Director:Gennadi Kazansky
Actors:Nikolai Volkov St., Aleksei Litvinov, Gennadi Khudyakov, Lev Kovalchuk, Olga Cherkasova
Production:Lenfilm
Keywords:fairy tale

Overview:

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.

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