Obyknovennoe Chudo (An Ordinary Miracle) is one of my favourite Russian-language movies of 1970s. Oleg Yankovsky, who, sadly, died today, is playing the Magician in this adaptation of a play by Evgeny Schwartz. However, no magic as such is shown in the film. The miracle of the title is that the Bear (Aleksandr Abdulov), who was transformed seven years before (so we are told) by the Magician into a young man, is not changed back into a bear when he, finally, kisses the Princess (Evgeniya Simonova). A wonderful love story, great actors, beautiful music... (running out of superlatives). The miracle.
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