''King Stag'' (russian: Король-олень, Korol-olen) is a feature film directed by Pavel Arsenov based on the musical play of the same name by

Carlo Gozzi __NOTOC__ Carlo, Count Gozzi (; 13 December 1720 – 4 April 1806) was an Italian ( Venetian) playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte. Early life Gozzi was born and died in Venice; he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, the T ...

, and shot at the Gorky Film Studio in 1969. In the film, songs are played to the music of Mikael Tariverdiev performed by Alla Pugacheva,

Yury Yakovlev Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Main works ...

, Sergei Yursky, Oleg Yefremov, Oleg Tabakov. It was a classic of children's cinema in the Soviet Union.

Plot

Deramo, kind but simple-hearted king of Serendippe, wishes to marry. There is a problem: how to find out which of the contenders for his loves is genuine and which is simply eyeing the royal throne. The wizard Durandarte gives the king a figure of a clown who laughs if someone utters an untruth. The clown appears similar to the favorite of the king, the crafty and mean first minister Tartaglia, who for a long time and unrequitedly was in love with Angela, the daughter of the second minister, Pantalone, a timid bureaucrat. But Angela loves Deramo, though she will not be his bride, considering marriage unnecessary and humiliating. Tartaglia hatches intrigues and in every possible way interferes with his daughter Clarice marrying young, handsome chamberlain Leandra, Angela's brother, expecting to give the hand of his daughter to the king. Despite all the tricks of the first minister, the king, by the audacity and sharpness of Angela, manages to discern her true love for him, falls in love with her and declares her his wife. Tartaglia is, however, unrelenting: while hunting, he learns from a friend the spell of Durandarte and swaps bodies with him.

Cast

as Deramo *

Valentina Malyavina Valentina Aleksandrovna Malyavina (russian: Валенти́на Алекса́ндровна Маля́вина; 18 June 1941 – 30 October 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. She is best known for roles in ''Ivan's ...

as Angela (vocals Alla Pugacheva)О фильме "Король-олень"
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Tartaglia Tartaglia may refer to: *Tartaglia (commedia dell'arte), Commedia dell'arte stock character *Angelo Tartaglia (1350 or 1370–1421), Italian condottiero * Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499/1500–1557), Venetian mathematician and engineer *Ivo Tarta ...

Vladimir Shlesinger Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukra ...

as Pantalone * Oleg Tabakov as Chigolotti * Oleg Yefremov as Durandarte Fyodor Razzakov
Олег Кинематограф – от Айболита до Короля-оленя
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Elena Solovey Elena Solovey (born 24 February 1947) is a Soviet-Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1966. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress in the film ''Faktas'' at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmograp ...

as Clarice *

Viktor Zozulin Viktor Viktorovich Zozulin (; 10 October 1944 – 16 August 2022) was a Russian film and theatre actor. Biography Zozulin attended the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, which he had finished with honours. He then earned some invitations to at ...

as Leander *

Vladimir Grammatikov Vladimir Alexandrovich Grammatikov (russian: Владимир Алeксандpoвич Грамматикoв; born 1 June 1942) is a Russian and Soviet theater and film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Fed ...

as Zanni * Alla Budnitskaya as Serendipist girl

Songs

* Cavatina Durandarte * Cavatina Angela * Duet of Angela and Pantalone * Song of the Serendipist girls * Duet of Deramo and Angela * Tartaglia Aria * Reply from Durandarte * Ballad of Angela * The duo Clarice and Leander * A Song About Evil and Good Wizards * Cavatina Chigolotti * Song of the Guards

References

External links

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Тайны кино. Король-олень (2018)

Репертуар художественной самодеятельности
{{Authority control 1969 films Gorky Film Studio films Body swapping in films Soviet musical films Russian children's fantasy films Films based on works by Carlo Gozzi Soviet children's films