Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors

1963 1h 20m RU

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 55

AdventureFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

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Alice-type Soviet girl, named Olya meets her counterpart Yalo, while looking into the mirror. Yalo is an absolute antipode to Olya: where Olya is precise and neat, Yalo is absent-minded, careless, etc. The explicit plot relates to Olya learning to see herself differently, but this occurs through an experience in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors which serves as a mechanism for commenting on the ability of a society to manufacture a false reality.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Olga Yukina
Оля
Tatyana Yukina
Яло
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
Король Йагупоп 77-й
Andrey Fayt
главнейший министр Нушрок
Tamara Nosova
тётушка Аксал
Tatyana Barysheva
бабушка Оли
Lidiya Vertinskaya
Анидаг
Zoya Vasilkova
Придворная в золотом

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksandr Rou
Writers: Vitaliy Gubarev, Lev Arkadyev
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksandr Rou, shot by Vasili Dultsev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Arkadiy Filippenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor A. Ovcharova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina and Anatoliy Kubatskiy carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0145033 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksandr Rou directs. Vasili Dultsev behind the camera. Arkadiy Filippenko scores. A. Ovcharova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

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180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Aleksandr Rou, shot by Vasili Dultsev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Arkadiy Filippenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor A. Ovcharova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina and Anatoliy Kubatskiy carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0145033 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.