Cain XVIII
Cain 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 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 Yan
- 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