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Hercules and Admetus
Hercules and Admetus

Hercules and Admetus

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Admetus, king of Feres, makes an agreement with the Fates to postpone the date of his death, in exchange for someone else taking his place, without knowing that the chosen one will be his beloved wife Alcestis. Desperate, Admetus asks Hercules for help in rescuing Alcestis from death... An animated short film based on the Greek myth of Admetus and Alcestis.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

20 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

09 February 1986

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Mikhail Tsaryov

Mikhail Tsaryov

Aleksandr Voevodin

Aleksandr Voevodin

Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Oleg Mokshantsev

Oleg Mokshantsev

Pyotr Vishnyakov

Pyotr Vishnyakov

Anna Kamenkova

Anna Kamenkova

G. Markov

G. Markov

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