---
title: 'The Magic Weaver (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Rou'
released: '1960-03-24'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magic-weaver-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054065/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magic Weaver (1960)

1960 · 68 min · Fantasy, Family · Soviet Union

Original title: Марья-искусница

## Synopsis

The Magic Weaver is a 1960 Soviet children's live-action fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and filmed at Gorky Film Studio. It was additionally released in Hungary in 1964. The film was imported to the West in the 1960s and ran in the U.S. in 1966 with English dubbed, on distribution from Allied Artists Pictures. The film tells the story of how an old soldier helps a boy find his mother, Maria the Weaver, who has been kidnapped and carried away by an evil king of the undersea kingdom.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Rou](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-rou)
- **Screenplay:** [Evgeny Shvarts](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeny-shvarts)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrei Volkonsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-volkonsky)
- **Producer:** [Mezhrabpom-Film](https://cinepixo.com/people/mezhrabpom-film)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dmitri Surensky](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-surensky)

## Cast

- [Georgy Millyar](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-millyar)
- [Alexandr Chvylja](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandr-chvylja)
- [Ninel Myshkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/ninel-myshkova)
- [Vera Altayskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-altayskaya)
- [Mikhail Kuznetsov](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-kuznetsov)
- [Viktor Perevalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-perevalov)

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