A Very Old Story

A Very Old Story 1968 Directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova Старая, старая сказка

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.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Spoken Language Russian

Gneres Family , Fantasy

Production Company Lenfilm

Release Date 31 December 1968

90 mins