The film was directed by Aleksandr Voytinsky, who co-wrote the script with Aleksandr Arkhipov[1] and starred Roman Evdokimov, Irina Starshenbaum, Antonina Boyko, Vitaly Khaev, Mikhail Trukhin, and Yan Tsapnik in supporting roles.
[2] This film was theatrically released in Russia by Central Partnership on October 24, 2024.
The cheerful and cunning Ivan (English: John) found an old lighter, from which a princess named Dasha appears.
The creators of The Enchanted Tinderbox previously worked on the films Upon the Magic Roads, which became one of the highest-grossing Russian releases and grossed more than one billion rubles in 2021, as well as Wish of the Fairy Fish, which was released on October 26, 2023.
Principal photography began in August 2023, filming is taking place in the Republic of Karelia, the city of Saint Petersburg, as well as in the Novgorod Oblast is a region on the territory of such historical sites as the Novgorod Kremlin, the Vitoslavlitsy Museum-Reserve and the Znamenskoye Compound.