---
title: 'The Golden Key (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksandr Ptushko'
released: '1939-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-golden-key-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032162/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Golden Key (1939)

1939 · 72 min · Fantasy · Soviet Union

Original title: Золотой ключик

## Synopsis

The Golden Key is a 1939 Soviet fairy-tale movie directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is based on the Russian tale The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino by Aleksey Tolstoy, originally inspired by the story of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi. In 2009, Russia TV adapted both the original and its remake into a musical.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksandr Ptushko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-ptushko)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksey Tolstoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-tolstoy), [Nikolay Leshchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-leshchenko)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lev Shvarts](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-shvarts)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nikolai Renkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-renkov)

## Cast

- [Olga Shaganova-Obraztsova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-shaganova-obraztsova) as Buratino
- [Tamara Adelheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-adelheim)
- [Georgy Uvarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-uvarov) as Papa Carlo
- [Nikolay Ivanovich Michurin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-ivanovich-michurin) as Сандро
- [Aleksandr Shchagin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-shchagin) as Karabas Barabas
- [Sergey Martinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-martinson) as Duremar
- [Nikolay Bogolyubov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-bogolyubov) as Капитан
- [Mikhail Dagmarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-dagmarov) as Giuseppe

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-golden-key-1939
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