Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
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| Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors | |
|---|---|
| Music by | Arkady Filippenko |
| Distributed by | Gorky Film Studio |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (
At the end of 2007,
Plot summary
The film centers around an encounter between a girl named Olya and a mysterious counterpart, Yalo, while staring into a mirror. The characters are exact opposites: Yalo is the absolute opposite of Olya in every way. Where Yalo is organized and precise, Olya is careless and absent-minded. In the story, Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot), produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality. When Yalo's friend, a boy named Gurd (reverse of Drug, meaning friend), is suddenly imprisoned for refusing to make crooked mirrors by the evil leaders Anidag (reverse of Gadina, meaning snake), Nushrok (reverse of Korshun, meaning kite) and Abazh (reverse of Zhaba, meaning toad), Olya decides to accompany Yalo to rescue him.
They meet a character who introduces herself as Aunt Aksal (reverse of Laska, meaning
It has been suggested[
Cast
- Olga Yukina as Olya
- Tatyana Yukina as Yalo
- Tatyana Barysheva as Grandmother
- Anatoly Kubatsky as King Jagupop LXXVII
- Andrei Fajtas Nushrok
- Lidiya Vertinskaya as Anidag
- Arkadi Tsinman as Abag
- Andrei Stapran as Gurd
- Ivan Kuznetsov as Bar
- Georgi Millyaras Grand Master of ceremonies
- Pavel Pavlenko as Master of ceremonies
- Tamara Nosova as Aunt Aksal
- Vera Altayskaya as Asirk
- Alexander Khvylya as the royal chef
- Valentin Bryleyev as tambourmajor
References
- ^ "Лекции. "Королевство кривых зеркал"". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
External links
- Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors at IMDb
