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The Purple Ball
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The Purple Ball

1988-01-11 · 77 min · ★ 5.6

Family · Science Fiction · Adventure

Alisa Seleznyova and her father professor Seleznyov are traveling in space. They meet their old friend archaeologist Gromozeka, who's just discovered a planet all inhabitants of which died. It became known that they discovered a virus of hostility, got infected and killed each other. Gromozeka also discovered that they had left the virus on Earth 26000 years ago, and the virus is about to become loose. The only chance to save the Earth is to travel 26000 years back in time - to the epoch when witches, dragons and magicians lived along with usual people.

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Directors
Pavel Arsenov
Production companies
Gorky Film Studios
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Natalya GusevaNatalya GusevaAlisa Seleznyova
Aleksandr GusevAleksandr GusevGerasik
Vyacheslav NevinnyyVyacheslav NevinnyyGromozeka
Boris ShcherbakovBoris Shcherbakovprofessor Seleznyov
Vyacheslav BaranovVyacheslav BaranovZelyonyy
Svetlana KharitonovaSvetlana KharitonovaBaba-Yaga
Igor YasulovichIgor YasulovichKashchey
Viktor PavlovViktor PavlovLyudoed
Sergey NikonenkoSergey NikonenkoKonoed
Vladimir NosikVladimir Nosikvolshebnik Uuuh
Marina LevtovaMarina LevtovaTsarevna-lyagushka
Viktor Vladislavlev
Yuriy DubrovinYuriy Dubrovin
Andrey KartashovAndrey Kartashov
Nikolai TomashevskyNikolai Tomashevsky
Nikolai Tagin
Nikolay Sulimovsky
Margarita Sulimovskaya

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