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= November 16 =

Looking for a Soviet children's film
I once watched a Soviet children's film made during the 1960s or perhaps the 1970s, set in a mythical Arabian setting. All I remember about it is two scenes: (1) someone casts a spell on a bad guy, causing him to split into four multi-colored individuals who set off in four different directions; (2) the hero plays a game of chess using waist-high chess pieces. Does this ring a bell with anybody? L ANTZY T ALK 22:11, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I suggest you check out Category:Soviet animated films. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:05, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
 * That wouldn't help, because it was a live-action film. L ANTZY T ALK 01:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The "split into four multi-colored individuals" bit threw me off. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:13, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It was a special effect using colored filters, I believe. L ANTZY T ALK 21:02, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * IMDb has a list of 137 Soviet Children's films: . 107.15.157.44 (talk) 02:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps Old Khottabych? The whole film is on youtube here, but I haven't been through it to see if the scenes you describe are there. --Viennese Waltz 09:22, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I found Old Khottabych on YouTube, and it definitely isn't the film I'm after. I seem to recall that the villain was played by a well-known Georgian actor with a Wikipedia entry. I have since remembered one other scene, in which a petulant teenaged princess is transported to the bathing house, but she throws a tantrum and refuses to take her bath. L ANTZY T ALK 20:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)