The wealthy slave trader Xanthus, who imagines himself to be a great poet and philosopher, buys the slave Aesop, a writer of fables. Soon Xanthus becomes famous, but everyone understands who the true author of his new works is.
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Vitali Politseymako
Эзоп
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Bohdan Khmelnytskyi
Nikolai Korn
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Pavel Luspekayev
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Nina Olkhina
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Vsevolod Kuznetsov
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B. Vasiev
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Bruno Frejndlikh
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Inna Kondratyeva
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Yuri Muzykant Director · Georgi Tovstonogov Director Giliermo Figeiredo Writer
First release April 28, 1961 · Produced in Russia · Original title Эзоп
Production
Lenfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Эзоп
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 28, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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