Cain XVIII

Cain XVIII
Directed byNadezhda Kosheverova
Mikhail Shapiro
Written byEvgeny Shvarts (play)
Nikolai Erdman
Produced byLenfilm
StarringErast Garin
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Yuri Lyubimov
CinematographyEduard Rozovsky
Music byAntonio Spadaveccia
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
94 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, Two friends. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film.

Plot

A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king.

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