The Magician
1968, Russian. Directed by Pyotr Todorovskiy.
In a small provincial town, the magician Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin performed in a student dormitory. His tricks were not very complicated and did not make a great impression on the audience. But this evening was the beginning of friendship between the magician and the students.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Pyotr TodorovskiyDirector
- Zinoviy GerdtViktor Mikhaylovich Kukushkin
- Alla LarionovaElena Ivanovna
- Evgeni LeonovStepan Nikolaevich Rossomakhin
- Leonid DyachkovPavel
- Vladimir BasovAsrtist
- Olga GobzevaLilya Kukushkina
- Eduard AbertDima
- Lyudmila GladunkoCast
- Svetlana KharitonovaSasha
- Akilina KolesovaGrandmother
- Aleksei MironovCast
- Vladimir SmirnovCast
Details
- Released
- 18 March 1968
- Original title
- Фокусник
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Volodin
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The Magician runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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The Magician isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 March 1968. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Magician?
If you liked The Magician, try Hands of Stone, Home Run, Amateur.
Who directed The Magician?
The Magician (1968) was directed by Pyotr Todorovskiy and stars Zinoviy Gerdt, Alla Larionova, Evgeni Leonov.