Oleg Dal as Soldier / Puppet master

Marina Neyolova as Princess / innkeeper's daughter

Vladimir Etush as King / Innkeeper

Georgiy Vitsin as good wizard

Vera Titova as witch / davil's grandmother

Viktor Perevalov as Prince-chimney sweep

Georgiy Shtil as Eastern Prince

Anatoly Korolkevich as doorman

Georgi Georgiu as "thick"

Lev Lemke as "thin"

Igor Dmitriev as

Boris Lyoskin as

Anatoli Abramov as contender for groom