The Prince and the Pauper

(1985)

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Music, телевизионный фильм

Year: 1985

Runtime: 148 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Николай Александрович, Леонид Танюк

Cast: Нина Килимник, Виталий Беляков, Татьяна Глебова, Всеволод Абдулов, Сергей Колесников, Михаил Басов, Владимир Трошин, Константин Градополов, Василий Корнуков, Юрий Мочалов

Plot

A play by Sergei Mikhalkov based on the story by Mark Twain, staged by the Moscow Art Academic Theatre named after M. Gorky. London, mid-16th century. Two boys are born on the same day — Tom, the son of a thief, John Canty, living in a foul alley called the Court of Filth, and Edward, the heir to King Henry VIII. All of England awaits Edward's birth. Tom, on the other hand, is barely wanted even by his own family.