In the United States, the film was released theatrically by Sovexportfilm, with English subtitles, under the title The Flying Carpet through Artkino Pictures in 1960.

Volka,[1] a 12-year-old Soviet Young Pioneer, discovers an ancient vessel at the bottom of a river.

Special effects team: The novel is influenced by the tale of Aladdin and his magical lamp, and it was quite popular with Soviet kids.

Revisions to the novel were made by Lagin himself in order to incorporate the changes taking place in the USSR and the rest of the world into the narrative, including some ideological anti-capitalistic elements.

The disc contains four spoken languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: Russian original, English voice-over, French and Arabic languages; subtitles in Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese.