Cain XVIII

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

Cain XVIII (Russian: Каин XVIII) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, 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

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

External links

• Kain XVIII at IMDb
• (in Russian) In ru.wikiquote
• (in Russian) Yuri Lyubimov about film