Tale about Boy-Kibalchish (Russian: Сказка о Мальчише-Кибальчише) is a 1964 Soviet children’s war film directed by Yevgeny Sherstobitov and based on a story “A Tale about a War Secret, about the Boy Nipper-Pipper, and His Word of Honour” by Arkady Gaidar.[1][2][3]
Tale about Boy-Kibalchish | |
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Russian: Сказка о Мальчише-Кибальчише | |
Directed by | Yevgeny Sherstobitov |
Written by | Yevgeny Sherstobitov |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Mikhail Belikov |
Music by | Vladimir Rubin Azon Fattakh |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Plot
editThe film tells about a boy nicknamed Kibalchish, a person of strong moral values, who fights against the corrupt, manipulative, egoistic, impudent rich men.[4]
Cast
edit- Sergei Ostapenko – Boy-Kibalchish
- Sergei Tikhonov – Boy-Plokhish
- Anatoly Yurchenko – Messenger
- Sergey Martinson – Agent 518
- Leonid Gallis – Main Bourgeois
- Dmitry Kapka – Main General