Cain XVIII

Cain XVIII
Directed by	Nadezhda Kosheverova Mikhail Shapiro
Produced by	Lenfilm
Written by	Evgeny Shvarts Nikolai Erdman
Starring	Erast Garin Aleksandr Demyanenko Yuri Lyubimov
Music by	Antonio Spadaveccia
Cinematography	Eduard Rozovsky
Release dates	1963
Running time	94 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' tale Two friends. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film.

Plot

A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king.

Cast

• King Cain XVIII - Erast Garin
• Queen Vlasta - Lidiya Sukharevskaya
• Minister of War - Mikhail Zharov
• First Minister - Yuri Lyubimov
• Ian - Alexander Demyanenko
• Jean - Stanislav Khitrov
• Foreign Governess - Rina Zelyonaya
• Professor - Alexandr Beniaminov
• Chief of Secret Police - Bruno Freindlich
• Freelance Hangman - Georgi Vitsin
• Lavatory Worker - Boris Chirkov
• General - Igor Dmitriev
• First Dame - Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
• Professor's Wife - Marina Polbentseva
• Agent 214 - Nikolai Trofimov
• Agent with a carnation - Anatoly Korolkevich

External links

• Kain XVIII at the Internet Movie Database
• (Russian) In ru.wikiquote
• (Russian) Yuri Lyubimov about film