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Starik Khottabych is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the USSR by Goskino at Kinostudyia Lenfilm in 1956, based on a children's book of the same name by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures Inc. in 1960.
Original Release
07/12/1957
US Release
02/27/1960
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolay Volkov | Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, the genie / Хоттабыч |
| Aleksei Litvinov | Volka, the boy / Волька (Володя Костыльков) |
| Gennadi Khudyakov | Zhenia, his friend / Женька Богорад |
| Lev Kovalchuk | Gogha, the bully / Гога |
| Olga Cherkasova | Barbara Stepanovna, the teacher / Варвара Степановна |
| Maya Blinova | Volka's mother / мать Вольки |
| Yefim Kopelyan | Emir Mukhammedov / Джафар али Мухаммедов |
| Aleksandr Larikov | Gogha's Doctor |
| Valentina Romanova | Gogha's Mother / Глафира Кузьминична |
| Ayzik Galin |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nikolay Volkov | Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, the genie / Хоттабыч |
| Aleksei Litvinov | Volka, the boy / Волька (Володя Костыльков) |
| Gennadi Khudyakov | Zhenia, his friend / Женька Богорад |
| Lev Kovalchuk | Gogha, the bully / Гога |
| Olga Cherkasova | Barbara Stepanovna, the teacher / Варвара Степановна |
| Maya Blinova | Volka's mother / мать Вольки |
| Yefim Kopelyan | Emir Mukhammedov / Джафар али Мухаммедов |
| Aleksandr Larikov | Gogha's Doctor |
| Valentina Romanova | Gogha's Mother / Глафира Кузьминична |
| Ayzik Galin | |
| Boris Kokovkin | член экзаменационной комиссии |
| Anatoly Korolkevich | Comrade from the State Circus Administration / представитель Управления Госцирков |
| Vsevolod Kuznetsov | (as V. Kuznetsov) / футбольный болельщик / зритель в цирке |
| Lev Stepanov | гражданин в телефонной будке |
| Evgeniy Vesnik | постовой милиционер |
| Vasili Leonov | Vasya Kazantsev |
| Zinaida Sharko | Cameo |
| M. Stepanov |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Tamara Samoznayeva | Executive Producer |
