let andersen say thank you. that it was being published here at all, evgeny schwartz had to take thise a play based on this fairy tale. schwartz lived in the same place; he was divorced from my grandmother, but he often came and talked a lot with my mother, in particular, he read andersen’s fairy tales to her. and he decided to skip some moment connected with religion, with god, so that well... she wouldn’t have any questions that would be difficult for him to explain to her at that moment, but she still i understood and said: don’t be afraid, dad, read , i know that anderson is still alive under god, that ’s why, of course, he had to somehow get around these things in his plays, especially since i finally found you, it’s easier for her, he tells a fairy tale written by the pribog to soviet children, preserving it. linfilm director gennady kazansky was a stern, mysterious man, ideas overwhelmed him, he eagerly talked about new ideas, and then just as quickly cooled down to them, but he enthusiastically connected with other directors, and often worked with someone in pairs, he had both