The Kingdom of False Mirrors

– Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a sto..

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Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 15 Minutes
Release Year:
1963
Original Name:
Королевство кривых зеркал
The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963) - Also known as Королевство кривых зеркал

Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev. Both the surreal story by Vladimir Gubarev, together with the 1964 film, written in a Through The Looking Glass style. Alice-type Soviet girl, named Olya meets her counterpart Yalo, while looking into the mirror. Yalo is an absolute antipode to Olya, for example where Olya is precise and neat, Yalo is absent-minded, careless, etc. The explicit plot relates to Olya learning to see herself differently, but this occurs through an experience in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors which serves as a mechanism for commenting on the ability of a society to manufacture a false reality.

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The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Aug 1963

Language:

Russian

Director:

Aleksandr Rou

Writer:

Lev Arkadyev, Vitali Gubarev (screenplay), Vitali Gubarev (story)

Main Actors:

Olga Yukina, Tatyana Yukina, Tatyana Barysheva, Anatoli Kubatsky

Plot:

Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality.

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Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10