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A Very Old Story

6.4(22)19681h 30m2

Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen. The main character of the film is a puppeteer who lives in a poor and gray world. He composes a fairy tale in which he himself, in the guise of a brave soldier, finds a flint and is helped by a kind wizard. The soldier falls in love with a spoiled, capricious princess who, as befits a princess, poses riddles to her numerous suitors. Her father, the king, is eager to see the soldier as her husband, as he believes the soldier has a great deal of gold. In the fairy tale, everything ends well, but in real life, not so much. "But life is not a fairy tale," his beloved girl says to him as she bids him farewell.

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Russian

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  • RussiaSU

    • TheatricalOriginal Release (No Exact Date)31 Dec 1968
    • Theatrical20 Sept 1969

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A Very Old Story was released on 31 December 1968.

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