Magicians

Story

Synopsis

In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to marry not Ivan Puhov, but Ivan Kivrin, whom Shemahandskaya is going to marry herself. Enraged, Shemahandskaya, who is a powerful witch, orders Sanina to forget about her Ivan and marry Sataneev instead. And this will be final unless Alyona kisses Puhov before midnight on New Year. Alyona's friends call Puhov to the rescue.

Director

Konstantin Bromberg

Writers

Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

31 December 1982

Ensemble

Cast

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  Aleksandr Abdulov

  Ivan Sergeevich Puhov

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  Aleksandra Yakovleva

  Alyona Igorevna Sanina

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  Valentin Gaft

  Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev

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  Yekaterina Vasilyeva

  Kira Anatolyevna Shemahanskaya

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  Valeriy Zolotukhin

  Ivan Kivrin

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  Roman Filippov

  Modest Kamneyedov

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  Emmanuil Vitorgan

  Kovrov

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  Mikhail Svetin

  Foma Ostapych Bryl

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  Semyon Farada

  Guest from South

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  Irina Grishina

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  Irina Belger

  Катенька

• Anna Ashimova