The Magical Portrait
Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...
The Magical Portrait (1997)
Gennadi Vasilyev
At a glance
Countries
China, Russia
Ratings
TMDB users
8.0/10
3 votes
Rating consensus
80/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~80/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Sergey Shnyryov
Ivan
Li Gao
Xiao Qing
Ariadna Shengelaia
Sorceress
Valentina Telichkina
Ivan's mother
Vladimir Antonik
Knyaz
Irina Bezrukova
Malachite Fairy
Andrey Martynov
Titus
Tamara Sidorenko
Titus's wife
Anna Markova
Motya
Natalya Goncharova
Innkeeper
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The Magical Portrait (1997)
Gennadi Vasilyev
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