Soldier / Puppet master
Oleg Dal
Princess / innkeeper's daughter
Marina Neyolova
Igor Dmitriev
Boris Leskin
contender for groom
Anatoli Abramov
King / Innkeeper
Vladimir Etush
good wizard
Georgiy Vitsin
witch / davil's grandmother
Vera Titova
Prince-chimney sweep
Viktor Perevalov
Eastern Prince
Georgiy Shtil
doorman
Anatoly Korolkevich
"thick"
Georgi Georgiu
"thin"
Lev Lemke
Director
Nadezhda Kosheverova
Writer
Valeri Frid
Novel
Hans Christian Andersen
Yuli Dunsky
Director of Photography
Konstantin Ryzhov