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Central Television USSR

The Magic Lantern

1977 43 min Russian
Wubly rating 6.6 IMDb rating 6.7

A musical program about the history of the development of the art of cinema.

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Cast

18 people

Lyudmila Gurchenko

соседка / мамаша / девушка с Дикого Запада

Known for

Station for Two

Love and Pigeons

Spartak Mishulin

Огюст Люмьер / Куплетист / Бродяга / Старая селянка

Known for

The White Sun of the Desert

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines

Nikolai Karachentsov

вдова / парижанин

Known for

The Twelve Chairs

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines

Yuri Volyntsev

Фандор / многодетный папаша / рыжий жених / бармен

Known for

The Secret of the Third Planet

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

Yevgeni Morgunov

шериф / полисмен / сосед / пограничник

Known for

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Bootleggers

Natalya Krachkovskaya

пышная поселянка / пограничница / многодетная мамаша

Known for

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

12 Chairs

Emmanuil Vitorgan

Фантомас / ковбой

Known for

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

Magicians

Vyacheslav Bogachyov

куплетист / Луи Люмьер

Known for

The Twelve Chairs

Gennadiy Khazanov

комиссар Жюв

Known for

The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1)

Lyubov Polishchuk

контрабандистка

Known for

The Twelve Chairs

What a Mess!

Natalya Seleznyova

Элен

Known for

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Tamara Kvasova

дочь

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Krakatuk Nut

Yevgeni Ginzburg Director · Boris Purgalin Writer

First release January 1, 1977 · Produced in Russia · Original title Волшебный фонарь

Production

C

Central Television USSR

Production

Russia

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Original title

Волшебный фонарь

Original language

Russian

Spoken on screen

Russian

Release dates

Russia · January 1, 1977

Theatrical

No release date listed for United States.

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