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| Directed by | Pyotr Todorovsky |
| Written by | Alexander Volodin |
| Starring | Zinovy Gerdt Alla Larionova Yevgeny Leonov Vladimir Basov Svetlana Kharitonova Valentina Titova |
| Cinematography | Iliya Minkovetsky |
| Edited by | Yevgeniya Abdirkina |
| Music by | Mieczysław Weinberg |
Production | Experimental creative studio (Mosfilm) |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Magician (Russian: Фокусник, romanized: Fokusnik) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky.[1] It was the Experimental Creative Studio's (subdivision of Mosfilm) first film.[2]
The film is about an elderly magician a good man, shy, but at the same honest and principled. Because of the lack of shows, he is forced to do house concerts. Once Kukushkin meets a young beauty by the name of Elena, and falls in love with her. He and Elena arrange something like a wedding, but the young wife is only interested in making important connections, afterwards she throws out the magician. Kukushkin does not become discouraged and stands in the yard distributing oranges to children. He realizes that the greatest magic is to give people the best that you have.
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