1961 · Drama
Genres: Drama

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.
Director: Yuri Muzykant, Georgi Tovstonogov
Writers: Giliermo Figeiredo, Yuri Muzykant, Georgi Tovstonogov
Music by: Nadezhda Simonyan, Yury Prokofyev
Cinematography: Moisey Magid, Lev Sokolsky