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Esop

10.01961MovieDrama

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.

DirectorsYuri Muzykant·Georgi Tovstonogov
WritersYuri Muzykant·Giliermo Figeiredo

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Cast · Directed by Yuri Muzykant

VPVitali Politseymako
Vitali Politseymako
Эзоп
NKNikolai Korn
Nikolai Korn
Ксанф
PLPavel Luspekayev
Pavel Luspekayev
Агностос
NO
Nina Olkhina
Клея
VKVsevolod Kuznetsov
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
начальник стражи
BV
B. Vasiev
эфиоп
BFBruno Frejndlikh
Bruno Frejndlikh
Ксанф
IKInna Kondratyeva
Inna Kondratyeva
Meli

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Esop hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 16, 1961. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.