Cain XVIII

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1963 Soviet film

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

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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

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* 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

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

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Films by Nadezhda Kosheverova

* Cinderella (1947)
* Spring in Moscow (1953)
* Tamer of Tigers (1954)
* Honeymoon (1956)
* Be Careful, Grandma! (1960)
* Cain XVIII (1963)
* An Old, Old Tale (1968)
* Shadow (1971)
* Tsarevich Prosha (1974)
* How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder (1977)
* The Nightingale (1979)
* The Donkey's Hide (1982)
* And Then Came Bumbo... (1984)
* The Tale About the Painter in Love (1987)

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