{{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Cain XVIII | image = Kain XVIII.jpg | director = Nadezhda Kosheverova<br>Mikhail Shapiro | writer = Evgeny Shvarts (play)<br>Nikolai Erdman | starring = Erast Garin<br>Aleksandr Demyanenko<br>Yuri Lyubimov | producer = Lenfilm | music = Antonio Spadaveccia | cinematography = Eduard Rozovsky | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1963}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Soviet Union | language = Russian }} '''''Cain XVIII''''' ({{langx|ru|Каин XVIII}}) is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, ''Two friends''. The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film.
==Plot==
A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king.
==Cast== * Erast Garin as King Cain XVIII * Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Queen Vlasta * Mikhail Zharov as Minister of War * Yuri Lyubimov as First Minister * Alexander Demyanenko as Yan * Stanislav Khitrov as Jean * Rina Zelyonaya as Foreign Governess * Alexandr Beniaminov as Professor * Bruno Freindlich as Chief of Secret Police * Georgi Vitsin as Freelance Hangman * Boris Chirkov as Lavatory Worker * Igor Dmitriev as General * Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as First Dame * Marina Polbentseva as Professor's Wife * Nikolay Trofimov as Agent 214 * Anatoly Korolkevich as Agent with a carnation
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0176875|title=Kain XVIII}} *{{in lang|ru}} [http://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD_XVIII_(%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC) In ru.wikiquote] *{{in lang|ru}} [http://taganka.theatre.ru/lubimov/6387/ Yuri Lyubimov about film] {{Nadezhda Kosheverova}}
Category:1963 films Category:1960s fantasy adventure films Category:1963 fantasy films Category:1960s fantasy drama films Category:1960s adventure drama films Category:1960s romantic fantasy films Category:1963 romantic drama films Category:1963 Soviet films Category:1963 Russian-language films Category:Lenfilm films Category:Films based on works by Evgeny Shvarts Category:Soviet fantasy adventure films Category:Soviet fantasy drama films Category:Soviet adventure drama films Category:Soviet romantic drama films Category:Romantic fantasy films Category:Films directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova Category:Films based on fairy tales Category:Russian-language fantasy adventure films Category:Russian-language fantasy drama films Category:Russian-language adventure drama films Category:Russian-language romantic drama films
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