Esop

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The wealthy slave trader Xanthus, who imagines himself to be a great poet and philosopher, buys the slave Aesop, a writer of fables. Soon Xanthus becomes famous, but everyone understands who the true author of his new works is.

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Production Details

Languages: Russian

Director: Yuri Muzykant, Georgi Tovstonogov

Starring Cast: Vitali Politseymako, Nikolai Korn, Pavel Luspekayev, Nina Olkhina, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, B. Vasiev

Cast

Vitali Politseymako

Эзоп

Nikolai Korn

Ксанф

Pavel Luspekayev

Агностос

Nina Olkhina

Клея

Vsevolod Kuznetsov

начальник стражи

B. Vasiev

эфиоп

Bruno Frejndlikh

Ксанф

Inna Kondratyeva

Meli

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