Film

Smart Things

1983 · 2h 19m · Family · Fantasy · TV Movie

A magical tale about a poor musician who one day stumbled upon a wondrous market stall. An old man there was selling incredible items — a magic mirror, an invisibility cap, a self-setting tablecloth… Among these enchanted objects was a marvelous self-playing flute. The old man gave the poor young musician the flute and the magic mirror, on one condition: they had to be returned in a year. A greedy rich man also took a liking to these magical things and, through deceit and trickery, tried to steal them — even throwing the musician into a dungeon. But what the greedy man didn’t know was that clever, enchanted things only bring happiness to a kind heart — and no wisdom at all to a foolish one.

Dmitri Nazarov

Svetlana Amanova

Galina Skorobogatova

Boris Telegin

Anatoliy Toropov

Vladimir Kolosov

Georgiy Obolenskiy

Boris Klyuev

Viktor Bortsov

Gennadiy Sergeev

Ella Dalmatova

Margarita Fomina

Evgeni Burenkov

Victor Bunakov

Arkady Smirnov

Irina Likso

• Eugene SimonoffDirector
• Samuil MarshakWriter

Release date

November 20, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

2h 19m

Genres

Family, Fantasy, TV Movie