Overview
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.
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Awards
Won the Golden Nymph Awards
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Giliermo FigeiredoWriter
- Yuri MuzykantWriter
- Georgi TovstonogovWriter
- Original title
- Эзоп
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 28, 1961
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
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