The Magical Portrait Explained

The Magical Portrait
Native Name:	Russian: Волшебный портрет
Director:	Gennady Vasilyev
Music:	Dmitriy Rybnikov
Cinematography:	Boris Bondarenko
Country:	Russia China
Language:	Russian

The Magical Portrait (Russian: Волшебный портрет) is a 1997 Russian-Chinese fantasy film directed by Gennady Vasilyev in his last film before his death.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Ivan lives in a village where he finds a portrait of the beautiful Chinese woman Xiao Qin, the portrait comes to life later and both fall in love with each other. And suddenly an evil sorcerer, just as enchanted by Xiao Qin, comes to the village.^[4]

Cast

• Sergey Shnyryov as Ivan
• Li Gao (Joey Wong) as Xiao Qin
• Valentina Telichkina
• Andrey Martynov
• Vladimir Antonik as The Duke
• Irina Bezrukova
• Natalya Goncharova
• Tszjangjuang Chang
  • Vladimir Episkoposyan Sergey Galkin^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://primgazeta.ru/news/kinoindustriya-v-primor-e-ot-izvestnyh-rezhisserov-do-vserossijskogo-festivalya-ulichnyh-fil-mov-27-08-2018-02-15-30 Киноиндустрия в Приморье: от известных режиссеров до всероссийского фестиваля уличных фильмов
2. https://regnum.ru/news/cultura/2032078.html КиноМай стартует в декабре: лучшие детские фильмы покажут детдомовцам
3. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/185269 Ведомости
4. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/41439/ Волшебный портрет
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137261/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Волшебный портрет (1997) Full Cast & Crew