The City of Masters explained

The City of Masters
Native Name:	Russian: Город мастеров
Music:	Oleg Karavaychuk
Editing:	Vera Kolyadenko
Studio:	Belarusfilm
Country:	Byelorussian SSR
Language:	Russian

The City of Masters (Russian: Город мастеров) is a 1965 Belarusian Soviet fantasy adventure film directed by based on a children's fantasy play by .^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The film takes place in a free city in medieval Europe populated by cheerful artisans and craftsmen, who suddenly find themselves enslaved by a malevolent Duke de Malicorn. But not for long. A group of the city dwellers escape into forests and begin to fight for liberation. The plot involves a love storyline.^[4]

Cast

Leading

• as Karakol' the humpback, the hero; voice actor: Igor Yasulovich
• as Veronika, Karakol's sweetheart
• Lev Lemke as Duke de Malikorn, the invader
• Savely Kramarov as Klik-Klyak, son of city mayor, enamored with Veronika, traitor; voice: Georgy Shtil

Supporting

• Pavel Shpringfeld as Musharon, city mayor, appointed by the invaders
• Yelizaveta Uvarova as granny Tafaro, fortune-teller, who predicts that Karakol will free the city and marry Veronika
• Roman Filippov, baron (not in the play)
• Vasiliy Bychkov as Timolle (as Vasya Buchkov)
• Zinovy Gerdt as an artist
• Igor Yasulovich as Gwen (Firen Jr. in the play), brother of Veronika

Notes and References

1. https://news.tut.by/culture/636220.html В Беларуси тоже делали фильмы, которые смотрели по всему СССР. Кто был их режиссером?
2. https://big-rostov.ru/luchshie-filmy-kotorye-nuzhno-by-pokazat-rossijskim-detyam-spisok/ Лучшие фильмы, которые нужно бы показать российским детям (список)
3. https://www.sb.by/articles/gorod-masterov-stal-brendom.html Отечественному фильму "Город мастеров" исполнилось 50 лет
4. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/44567/ Город мастеров