Mister Iks
| Mister Iks | |
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| Russian: Мистер Икс | |
| Directed by | Yuli Khmelnitsky |
| Written by | Yuli Khmelnitsky Nora Rubinstein |
| Based on | Die Zirkusprinzessin by Emmerich Kálmán |
| Starring | Georg Ots |
| Cinematography | Yuli Khmelnitsky |
| Edited by | N. Razumova |
| Music by | Emmerich Kálmán |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Mister Iks (Russian: Мистер Икс) or Mister X is a Soviet Russian-language black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Yuli Khmelnitsky. It is based on the Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy operetta of the same name from 1956. The operetta itself was a Russian adaptation of Emmerich Kálmán's Die Zirkusprinzessin (The Circus Princess).
Filming began in 1957, with many of the actors and artists from the Leningrad Theatre working on the film. It premiered in the Soviet Union and other countries on May 2, 1958.