The Onion boy / Cipollino
USSR / Color / 39' / 1961
The kingdom of fruit and vegetables is ruled by the bitter and unlikeable Prince Lemon. There also lives Cipollino, the Onion Boy, a clever and mischievous little boy who cannot tolerate injustice. The conflict between Cipollino and Prince Lemon is inevitable. It is time for the inhabitants of the kingdom to be rid of the tyrannic regime imposed by the prince and his two praetorians, Lord Tomato and Countess Cherry.
Boris Petrovich Dezhkin
Cast & Crew
- direction: Boris Petrovich Dezhkin
- Screenplay: Mstislav Paschenko
- music: Karen Khachturyan
- Film Cast: Nina Gulyaeva, Erast Garin, Sergey Martinson, Grigoriy Shpigel, Irina Pototskaya
English