---
title: 'Old Khottabych (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gennady Kazansky'
released: '1957-07-12'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/old-khottabych-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049794/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Old Khottabych (1957)

1957 · 86 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Family · Soviet Union

Original title: Старик Хоттабыч

## Synopsis

Starik Khottabych is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the Soviet Union by Goskino at Kinostudyia Lenfilm in 1956, based on a children's fairytale novel with the same title by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures in 1960.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gennady Kazansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennady-kazansky)
- **Screenplay:** [Lazar Lagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lazar-lagin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nadezhda Simonyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadezhda-simonyan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Muzakir Shurukov](https://cinepixo.com/people/muzakir-shurukov)

## Cast

- [Nikolay Volkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-volkov) as Khottabych
- [Gennady Khudyakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennady-khudyakov)

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