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An Awesome Tale, 2008  

Original title: Prykolna kazka
Copyright: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, the Interfilm Film Studio, 2008.
Co-production: Interfilm Studio (Ukraine), State Film Administration of Ukraine (Derzhavna Sluzhba Kinematohrafii), Baltic Film Production (Estonia), Kultuurministeerium (Estonia), Eesti Cultuurkapital (Estonia).
Format: feature, full-length.
Carrier: DVD
Color: color
Length: 86 min.
Original language: Ukrainian
English subtitles: yes

Film crew
Director: Roman Shyrman
Script writer: Violetta Gatti
Cinematographer: Eduard Timlin
Artistic designer: Larysa Zhylko
Producer: Olena Fetisova
Executive producer: Volodymyr Kozyr
Co-producers: Marianna Kaat, Anneli Ahven, Peeter Urbla
Sound: Yevhen Petrusenko
Composer: Milosh Yelich

Film cast
Olena Alymova as Princess, Heorhiy Deliev as Minister of War, Denys Rodniansky as King of War Kingdom, Vladyslav Troyitsky as King of Unhappy Kingdom, Merle Palmiste as Queen, Oksana Maleshenkova as Esmeralda von Harmischpartenkirchen, Borys Barsky as Knight-Corporal, Olha Molokanova as teacher, Olenka Kozyr as Little Girl Fate, Roman Shyrman as Narrator.

Synopsis
«An Awesome Tale» billed by its makers as 'the first Ukrainian musical feature film and a fairy tale for the entire family' is a modern take on the Romeo and Juliet story but with a happy ending. The action takes place in two weird kingdoms which are neighbors: the War Kingdom and the Unhappy Kingdom. The subjects of the former spend their lives waging senseless and failed wars. Those of the latter complain of their miserable fate. The princess of the Unhappy Kingdom falls in love with the prince of the Military Kingdom. The events unfold in a fictional time and that means that the medieval knights are armed with modern submachin guns, drive jeeps, andhold negotiations via satellite.

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