Family ·Fantasy ·Adventure · Soviet Union · 1966 · 1h 32m

Three Fat Men

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Director
Aleksey BatalovIosif Shapiro
Cast
Lina Braknyte as Suok Pyotr Artemyev as Tutti Aleksey Batalov as Tibul Valentin Nikulin as Gaspar Rina Zelyonaya as Ganimed Roman Filippov as Prospero
Crew
Suren Shakhbazyan — Director of Photography Raisa Izakson — Editor Nikolai Sidelnikov — Original Music Composer Aleksey Batalov — Writer Mikhail Olshevsky — Writer Yury Olesha — Novel
Synopsis

Based on a famous fairytale by Yuri Olesha. A fairy tale film about the clever tightrope walker Tibule, who fights alongside the armorer Prospero and all the working people against the tyrants, the three Fat Men, who rule the state until the young heir Tutti comes of age. The freedom fighters are aided by the kind Dr. Gaspar and the brave acrobat girl Suok, who has to pretend to be a doll to sneak into the palace and free Prospero.

Key Collaborators
Aleksey Batalov Director Iosif Shapiro Director Suren Shakhbazyan Director of Photography Raisa Izakson Editor Nikolai Sidelnikov Original Music Composer Aleksey Batalov Writer Mikhail Olshevsky Writer Yury Olesha Novel Berta Manevich Production Design Isaak Kaplan Production Design
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