

"Tale of the Star Child" is a two-part television film, based on the works of Oscar Wilde. Like the earlier film, The Star Boy (1958), The Tale of the Star Boy, was based on two tales from Wilde's collection "A House of Pomegranates" - The Star-Child (1891) and The Birthday of the Infanta (1888) . However, the plot, in contrast to the first screen version, made more significant changes: in particular, added science-fiction elements and completely eliminated magic.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Pavel Chernyshev
Звёздный мальчик

Gražina Baikštytė
мать Звёздного мальчика

Rostislav Yankovsky
хозяин созвездия

Matlyuba Alimova
ясновидящая - цыганка

Boris Plotnikov
психолог созвездия

Vladimir Shelestov
учёный созвездия

Ivan Matskevich
егерь

Lyudmila Zaytseva
крестьянка
Dmitri Volkov
мальчик
Angelina Polyanchukova
Эля
Igor Sysoyev
мальчик-художник
Vanya Pchyolkin
мальчик-карлик
Larisa Ponomarenko
Инфанта
Viktor Shevelevich
Великий инквизитор

Valentina Smirnova
камергерша инфанты

Svetlana Zelenkovskaya
Tatyana Vemyan

Vitali Shchennikov
бродяга артист

Boris Chernokulskiy

Mikhail Petrov
Умелец - друг егеря
Crew
Details
Release Date
1983-06-28
Runtime
129 min
Original Language
Russian
Languages
Russian
Production Companies
Belarusfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Genres
Family
Science Fiction
Fantasy