The Mysterious Old Man
1981, Russian. Directed by Leonid Makarychev.
In the small town of Krutovo, three friends live — Mitrya, Andrian and Lenka. From the director of the Museum of local lore, the children learn about the theft of the portrait "The Old Man with a Candle" from the museum collection of Prince Meshchersky. The valuable painting is somewhere in the city. The guys are starting the search...
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 18 May 1981
- Original title
- Таинственный старик
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Arkadi Minchkovsky
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The Mysterious Old Man runs 69 minutes (1h 9m).
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The Mysterious Old Man isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 May 1981. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Mysterious Old Man?
The Mysterious Old Man (1981) was directed by Leonid Makarychev and stars Igor Pchelin, Boris Ivanov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn.