''Magician'' (russian: Фокусник, Fokusnik) is a 1967 Soviet

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directed by

Pyotr Todorovsky Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Тодоро́вский, uk, Петро Юхимович Тодоровський, 26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographe ...

. It was the Experimental Creative Studio's (subdivision of

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...

) first film.Pежиссёр Андрей Смирнов о своём фильме «Ангел»
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Plot

The film is about an elderly magician a good man, shy, but at the same honest and principled. Because of the lack of shows, he is forced to do

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s. Once Kukushkin meets a young beauty by the name of Elena, and falls in love with her. He and Elena arrange something like a wedding, but the young wife is only interested in making important connections, afterwards she throws out the magician. Kukushkin does not become discouraged and stands in the yard distributing oranges to children. He realizes that the greatest magic is to give people the best that you have.

Cast

* Zinovy Gerdt as Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin, an illusionist * Alla Larionova as Elena Ivanovna *

Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen ...

as Stepan Nikolayevich Rossomakhin, the boss of Kukushkin * Olga Gobzeva as Lily, the daughter of Kukushkin * Leonid Dyachkov as Pavel, the investigator *

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (russian: link=no, Владимир Павлович Басов; 28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1983). Biography Vladimir Basov was ...

as pop entertainer-satirist * Svetlana Kharitonova as Sasha, Dima's wife * Edward Abert as Dima, the juggler * Oleg Gerasimov as episode *

Valentina Titova Valentina Antipovna Titova (russian: Валентина Антиповна Титова; February 6, 1942 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast SSSR) is a Russian actress. Biography Valentina Antipovna Titova was born on 6 February 1942 in the city of K ...

as Dasha, editor * Konstantin Zaitsev as episode * Inessa Drovosekova as wife of Rossomakhin

Criticism

Sergey Kudryavtsev Sergey Valentinovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Серге́й Валенти́нович Кудря́вцев) is a Russian film critic and historian. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1978 and worked in the office of S ...

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Review

References

External links

* 1967 films Films directed by Pyotr Todorovsky Films about magic and magicians Soviet drama films Mosfilm films Soviet black-and-white films 1960s Russian-language films 1967 drama films {{1960s-USSR-film-stub