The Black Hen, or Living Underground

(1981)

★ 4.8 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Year: 1981

Runtime: 73 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Виктор Гресь

Cast: Vitali Sidletsky, Лариса Кадочникова, Аристарх Ливанов, Альберт Филозов, Владимир Кашпур, Валентин Гафт, Евгений Евстигнеев, Николай Сектименко, Anton Artyomenko, Людмила Сосюра

Plot

At a St. Petersburg boarding school, a new life began for the ten-year-old Alyosha, who was accustomed parental attention. Missing his home, Alyosha created an imaginary magic world of underground dwellers, with a king and his subjects who very much resembled the people surrounding the boy. Alyosha experienced many interesting adventures in this mysterious fairy tale...