Old Khottabych
| Starik Khottabych | |
|---|---|
Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Gennadi Kazansky L. Mahtin |
| Written by | Lazar Lagin |
| Screenplay by | Lazar Lagin |
| Based on | Old Khottabych by Lazar Lagin |
| Produced by | T. Samoznayeva [Production Director] |
| Starring | Nikolay Volkov Alexey Litvinov Gennady Khudyakov |
| Cinematography | M. Shurukov |
| Music by | Nadezhda Simonyan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Goskino |
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Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
Starik Khottabych (Russian: Старик Хоттабыч, Old Man Khottabych or Old Khottabych) is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the USSR by Goskino at Kinostudyia Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio) in 1956, based on a children's book of the same name by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky. In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures in 1960.