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The Magical Portrait
8.0 / 10• 1997• 1h 17m•NR• Russian
FamilyFantasyRomance
Storyline
Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...
Cast & Crew
Sergey Shnyryov
Ivan
Lead
Li Gao
Xiao Qing
Ariadna Shengelaia
Sorceress
Valentina Telichkina
Ivan's mother
Vladimir Antonik
Knyaz
Irina Bezrukova
Malachite Fairy
Andrey Martynov
Titus
Tamara Sidorenko
Titus's wife
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gennadi Vasilyev's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Magical Portrait is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
