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Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors

Original title: Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal
  • 19631963
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.3K
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Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
  • Family
  • Fantasy
Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked... Read allOlya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality.Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Aleksandr Rou
  • Writers
    • Lev Arkadyev
    • Vitali Gubarev(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Olga Yukina
    • Tatyana Yukina
    • Tatyana Barysheva
Top credits
  • Director
    • Aleksandr Rou
  • Writers
    • Lev Arkadyev
    • Vitali Gubarev(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Olga Yukina
    • Tatyana Yukina
    • Tatyana Barysheva
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    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina and Tatyana Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Olga Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
    Tatyana Barysheva and Olga Yukina in Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)

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    Olga Yukina
    Olga Yukina
    • Olya
    • (as Olya Yukina)
    • …
    Tatyana Yukina
    Tatyana Yukina
    • Yalo
    • (as Tanya Yukina)
    • …
    Tatyana Barysheva
    Tatyana Barysheva
    • Babushka
    • (as M. Barysheva)
    • …
    Andrei Stapran
    • Gurd…
    Ivan Kuznetsov
    Ivan Kuznetsov
    • Bar
    • (as I. Kuznetsov)
    • …
    Tamara Nosova
    Tamara Nosova
    • tyotushka Aksal
    • (as T. Nosova)
    • …
    Anatoliy Kubatskiy
    Anatoliy Kubatskiy
    • Yagupop 77-oy
    • (as A. Kubatskiy)
    • …
    Arkadi Tsinman
    Arkadi Tsinman
    • Abag
    • (as A. Tsinman)
    • …
    Andrey Fayt
    Andrey Fayt
    • Nushrok
    • (as A. Fayt)
    • …
    Lidiya Vertinskaya
    • Anidag
    • (as L. Vertinskaya)
    • …
    Georgiy Millyar
    Georgiy Millyar
    • Naiglavneishiy tseremonimeyster
    • (as G. Millyar)
    • …
    Pavel Pavlenko
    Pavel Pavlenko
    • Glavneishiy tseremonimeyster
    • (as P. Pavlenko)
    • …
    Aleksandr Khvylya
    Aleksandr Khvylya
    • Korolovskiy Ober-povar
    • (as A. Khvylya)
    • …
    Valentin Bryleev
    Valentin Bryleev
    • Tambur-Mazhor
    • (as V. Bryleyev)
    • …
    Vera Altayskaya
    Vera Altayskaya
    • Asyrk
    • (as V. Altayskaya)
    • …
    Aleksandr Alyoshin
    • Ensemble
    • (as A. Alyoshin)
    P. Alekseyev
    • Ensemble
    D. Bakhtin
    • Ensemble
    • Director
      • Aleksandr Rou
    • Writers
      • Lev Arkadyev
      • Vitali Gubarev(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" by Frank Churchill (with additional lyrics by Ann Ronell) are hummed several times throughout the film by members of the cast.
    • Connections
      Featured in Rasskazyvayet pezhissor Andrey Stapran, ispolnitel' roli Gurda (2000)

    User reviews9

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    Top review
    6/10
    A Russian fairy tale
    This is a very fun and quirky Russian children's movie done in the vain of Alice In Wondeland.

    Olia, a young girl who is always losing things breaks a jar of jam, at which point a mirror begins to talk to her. She climbs inside, where she meets her reflection Ailo (The backwards spelling of her own name.)

    The mirror was crooked however, and they are actually within the most crooked of all crooked mirrors.

    They meet a host of characters, ranging from the Tattletales, King Tarrop (Parrot backwards, you get the point, the spellings are backwards.), Leasew the chef and many others.

    There dilemma begins when Dneirf is taken to the Tower of Death for breaking a crooked mirror. Olia and Ailo set out to try and save him, meeting this bulk of interesting characters along the way.

    The film is very sweet and innocent, a slight bit of Russian propaganda if you can call it that, i think of it more as a little bit of patriotism, is thrown in, but that's pushed far back. This film is more a fairytale than anything else.

    I won't lie, the production isn't superb. The fantasy sets are very dated and remind me of many other very cheap 60's films, and it is very childish too. But it is very enjoyable, and that's all that matters.

    If you want a little bit of harmless entertainment, or you have some young-ones you'd like to show something too, then maybe this is a good option.
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    • Sep 30, 2010

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    • Release date
      • August 28, 1963 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • The Kingdom of the Looking Glass
    • Production companies
      • Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo
      • Vtoroe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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