The Legend of the Cruel Giant (1967): Cast

A destitute fisherman lives in a crumbling shack by the sea. While out fishing he reels in an ancient bottle bearing a promise of untold riches and noble status to whoever opens it. He breaks the seal, releasing a sarcastic genie who, despite mocking him, grants a massive hoard of gold. Though he becomes the wealthiest man in the village, the freed genie unleashes violent storms that wreck other fishermen’s boats. Tormented by guilt, the fisherman consults a wise wizard, who tells him the only way to rid the world of the cruel genie is a single, dire remedy.

• II Co-director Ivan Ivanov-Vano
• VD Co-director Vladimir Danilevich

• AP Anatoliy Papanov as Angry Giant
• DZ Dmitriy Zhuravlyov

• The Tale of Tsar Saltan 1984
• The Magic Lake 1979
• The Humpbacked Horse 1975
• How One Peasant Fed Two Generals 1965