
A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka's wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.
Cast

Nikolai Volkov St.
Хоттабыч

Aleksei Litvinov
Волька (Володя Костыльков)

Gennadi Khudyakov
Женька Богорад

Lev Kovalchuk
Гога

Olga Cherkasova
Варвара Степановна

Maya Blinova
мать Вольки

Efim Kopelyan
Джафар али Мухаммедов

Aleksandr Larikov
доктор

Anatoly Korolkevich
Comrade from the State Circus Administration, представитель Управления Госцирков

Valentina Romanova
Глафира Кузьминична

Yevgeni Vesnik
постовой милиционер
Ayzik Galin
профорг цирка

Boris Kokovkin
член экзаменационной комиссии

Vsevolod Kuznetsov
футбольный болельщик / зритель в цирке

Lev Stepanov
гражданин в телефонной будке
Crew

Gennadi Kazansky
Director

Lazar Lagin
Writer, Book
Tamara Samoznayeva
Executive Producer

Berta Manevich
Production Design

Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
Muzakir Shurukov
Camera Operator
B. Dudov
Visual Effects Camera
Mikhail Pokrovskiy
Visual Effects Camera
Lev Makhtin
Second Unit Director
Grigori Elbert
Sound
Mariya Kandat
VFX Artist
A. Alekseev
VFX Artist
Mikhail Krotkin
VFX Artist
Mikhail Shamkovich
VFX Director of Photography

Nadezhda Simonyan
Original Music Composer
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