The Magician
Zinoviy Gerdt, Alla Larionova, Evgeniy Leonov, Olga Gobzeva
| released: 1968 Mar 18 | duration: 1:14:32 |
USSR. Original title: Fokusnik. Kukushkin is an elderly magician, a good man, shy, but honest and principled. Because of the lack of shows, he is forced to do house parties. He meets a young beauty by the name of Elena, and falls in love with her. They arrange something like a wedding, but the young wife is only interested in making important connections, afterwards she throws out the magician. Kukushkin is not discouraged and stands in the yard distributing oranges to children. He realizes that the greatest magic is to give people the best that you have.
At 32:50, Kukushkin the magician, played by Zinoviy Gerdt,
is doing a street show, and does a
3 ball shower,
probably faked, for a few seconds.
At 54:50,
over the next 30 seconds,
Dima the juggler, played by Eduard Abert, spins a ball on his finger,
then bounces the ball on his forehead as he juggles 5 clubs,
and then without the ball bounce, but while juggling the 5 clubs,
he makes 7 consecutive behind-the-back throws with his right hand.
The entire movie may be seen here.
