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''Adventures in a City that does not Exist'' (russian: Приключения в городе, которого нет, Priklucheniya v gorode, kotorogo net) is a 1974 Soviet children's
musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
, directorial debut of
Leonid Nechayev Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (russian: Леони́д Алексе́евич Неча́ев; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.Елена ЮринскаяПапа Лёня: Скончался кинорежис ...
.


Plot

Pioneer Slava Kurochkin dreams of space. He actively studies physics and astronomy, but at the same time he does not read fiction at all. By coincidence, he finds himself in a fairytale town, where the heroes of the most famous books live: ''
The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...
'', ''
Timur and His Squad ''Timur and His Squad'' (russian: Тимур и его команда, Timur i yego komanda) is a short novel by Arkady Gaidar, written and first published in 1940. The book tells the story of a gang of village kids who sneak around secretly doing ...
'', ''The White Solitary Sails'', ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'', ''
Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
'' and so on. But, alas, in the city live not only positive characters - treacherous commerce adviser from the play ''The Snow Queen'' (by
Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...
) decides to use Slavin's ignorance of books in order to deceive him and with the help of other antagonists to subjugate readers worldwide. The protagonists come to help the boy, and together with friends Slava manages to defeat the adviser and his henchmen. When Slava returns to the real world, the first thing he does is to go to the library.


Cast


Protagonists

*Evgeny Goryachev as Slava Kurochkin, reader *Igor Anisimov as Timur Garaev (from the book ''
Timur and His Squad ''Timur and His Squad'' (russian: Тимур и его команда, Timur i yego komanda) is a short novel by Arkady Gaidar, written and first published in 1940. The book tells the story of a gang of village kids who sneak around secretly doing ...
'') *Vyacheslav Baranov as Gavrosh (voiced by Hagar Vlasov) (from the book ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'') *Alexander Plyushchev as Petya Bachey (from the book ''The White Solitary Sails'') *Alexander Pokko as Gavrik (voiced by Nadezhda Podyapolskaya) (from the book ''The White Solitary Sails'') *Tatiana Prusakova as Pippi Longstocking (from the book ''
Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story wh ...
'') *Igor Ambrazhevich as Tom Sawyer (from the book ''
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the nov ...
'') *Igor Kondratovich as Huckleberry Finn (from the book ''
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the nov ...
'') *Irina Shilkina as Gerda (from the fairy tale of H. C. Andersen ''
The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...
'') *
Nikolai Grinko Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko ( uk, Микола Григорович Гринько; russian: Никола́й Григо́рьевич Гринько́; 22 May 1920, Kherson – 10 April 1989, Kyiv was a Soviet ...
as Don Quixote (voiced by Artem Karapetyan) (from the book "The Clever Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") *Mikhail Sachuk as Dimka the Invisible (from the book of the same name by Korostylyov and Lvovsky) *
Alexander Pyatkov Alexander Alexandrovich Pyatkov (russian: Александр Александрович Пятков; born July 31, 1950, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. In 2006 he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. Selecte ...
as Mitrofanushka (from the play '' The Minor'') *Fedor Khramtsov as armorer Prospero (from the book ''
Three Fat Men ''Three Fat Men'' (Три толстяка) written in 1924, by Yury Olesha, was published in 1928. It was the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature. The critical reaction at first was varied. V. Boichevsky in an article "How Storie ...
'') *Galina Linnik as Somova


Antagonists

*Valentīns Skulme as commerce adviser (voiced by
Zinovy Gerdt Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt (russian: Зино́вий Ефи́мович Гердт, which is a pseudonym, his real name being Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (За́лман Афро́имович Храпино́вич); 21 September 1916 in Sebez ...
) (from the play ''The Snow Queen'' by
Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...
) *Gediminas Karka as Javer, Police Inspector (from the ''
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'') *
Valery Nosik Valery Benediktovich Nosik (Валерий Бенедиктович Носик, 9 October 1940, Moscow, USSR, — 4 January 1995, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian film and stage actor, the People's Artist of Russia (1994) who ap ...
as informant "Mustache" (from the book ''The White Solitary Sails'') * Leonid Kanevsky as Captain Bonaventure (from the book ''
Three Fat Men ''Three Fat Men'' (Три толстяка) written in 1924, by Yury Olesha, was published in 1928. It was the first revolutionary fairy tale in Soviet literature. The critical reaction at first was varied. V. Boichevsky in an article "How Storie ...
'') *
Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Переве́рзев; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). Filmography * '' The Convey ...
as John Silver (from the book ''
Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
'') *Igor Gushchin as "Figure" (from the book ''
Timur and His Squad ''Timur and His Squad'' (russian: Тимур и его команда, Timur i yego komanda) is a short novel by Arkady Gaidar, written and first published in 1940. The book tells the story of a gang of village kids who sneak around secretly doing ...
'') *Leonid Kryuk as tall pirate *Vadim Aleksandrov as short pirate *Rostislav Shmyrev as general *Valentin Bukin as owner of a pirate restaurant *
Stefaniya Stanyuta Stefanija Michajłaŭna Staniuta ( be , Стэфанія Міхайлаўна Станюта; 30 April 1905 – 6 November 2000) was a Belarusians, Belarus–Soviet people, Soviet theater and movie actress. She was awarded as the 1988 People's ...
as Aunt Polly (from the book ''
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the nov ...
'')


References


External links

* Soviet musical films 1970s musical fantasy films Russian children's fantasy films 1970s children's adventure films Belarusfilm films 1974 directorial debut films 1974 films Films directed by Leonid Nechayev 1970s children's fantasy films Films based on fairy tales 1970s Russian-language films Soviet children's films {{child-film-stub