The Secret of the Iron Door

The Secret of the Iron Door (Russian: Тайна железной двери, translit. Tayna zheleznoy dveri) is a 1970 Soviet children's film directed by after a screenplay by loosely based on a story Wizard Walked Through the City by . It was produced by Gorky Film Studio.^[1]

Plot summary[]

Fourth form boy Tolik Ryizhkov (Evaldas Mikaliunas) is a naughty child and fibber. Once he received a of magic matches while hiding behind the iron door of a transformer booth. Every match, when broken, can act like a magic wand but just once.

A boy with his two friends and a dog find themselves on an island of an (Sergei Yevsyunin) of their age, who found the equal box of matches and used them to create his own little egocentric world.

The young wizard put Tolik's friends in prison and is trying to make Tolik as evil as himself. But Tolik stays faithful to his friendship and rescues his friends without the help of any magic.

Cast[]

• as Tolik (boy)
• as Mishka (boy)
• as Mitka (boy)
• as Wizard (boy)
• Alisa Freindlich as Tolik's mother
• Oleg Tabakov as Tolik's father
• Saveli Kramarov as guitar player Zaytsev / Pigeon
• as Robot Balbes
• Alexander Ivanov as traffic policeman
• as violinist Leonid
• as Chicha

Supporting cast[]

• Vladimir Brezhnev, Valeri Fomenkov,
• , , Eduard Ivanov
• , Boris Mayorov, Yevgeni Mayorov
• , , Nikolai Sologubov
• ,

Crew[]

• Cinematography by Vitaly Grishin.
• Music by , lyrics by Evgeny Agranovich.
• Artists by , .
• Editing by .
• Costumes by M. Tomashevskaya.

Trivia[]

After transforming back from pigeon into Zaytsev Saveli Kramarov appears nude in the end of the film.

References[]

External links[]

• The Secret of the Iron Door at IMDb

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