Esop
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Esop 1961 Directed by Yuri Muzykant , Georgi Tovstonogov Эзоп

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.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gnere Drama
Production Company Lenfilm
Release Date 28 April 1961
Cast
Vitali Politseymako
Vitali Politseymako Эзоп
Nikolai Korn
Nikolai Korn Ксанф
Pavel Luspekayev
Pavel Luspekayev Агностос
Nina Olkhina
Nina Olkhina Клея
Inna Kondratieva
Inna Kondratieva Мели
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Vsevolod Kuznetsov начальник стражи
B. Vasiev
B. Vasiev эфиоп
Bruno Frejndlikh
Bruno Frejndlikh Ксанф
Crew
Directors
Yuri Muzykant
Yuri Muzykant
Georgi Tovstonogov
Georgi Tovstonogov
Writers
Giliermo Figeiredo
Giliermo Figeiredo
Yuri Muzykant
Yuri Muzykant
Georgi Tovstonogov
Georgi Tovstonogov
Cinematography
Moisey Magid
Moisey Magid
Lev Sokolsky
Lev Sokolsky
Composers
Nadezhda Simonyan
Nadezhda Simonyan
Yury Prokofyev
Yury Prokofyev