title: Cain XVIII
text: Cain XVIII () is a 1963 film from the Soviet Union, adapted from Evgeny Shvarts' play, Two friends.  The Soviet film industry reported that 21.7 million spectators saw the film.
  
  Plot
  
  A famous inventor ("The Professor") creates an extra-powerful weapon—an explosive mosquito. King Cain XVIII dreams of conquering the world and marrying the princess, but she is also loved by Yan, a vagrant musician. Yan's love leads him to surmount many obstacles and simultaneously thwart the insidious plans of the king.
  
  Cast
   Erast Garin as King Cain XVIII
   Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Queen Vlasta
   Mikhail Zharov as Minister of War
   Yuri Lyubimov as First Minister
   Alexander Demyanenko as Ian
   Stanislav Khitrov as Jean
   Rina Zelyonaya as Foreign Governess
   Alexandr Beniaminov as Professor
   Bruno Freindlich as Chief of Secret Police
   Georgi Vitsin as Freelance Hangman
   Boris Chirkov as Lavatory Worker
   Igor Dmitriev as General
   Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as First Dame
   Marina Polbentseva as Professor's Wife
   Nikolay Trofimov as Agent 214
   Anatoly Korolkevich as Agent with a carnation
  
  External links
  
   In ru.wikiquote
   Yuri Lyubimov about film
  
  1963 films
  1963 comedy films
  1960s Russian-language films
  Lenfilm films
  Films based on works by Evgeny Shvarts
  Soviet comedy films
  Russian comedy films
  Films directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova
  Films based on fairy tales