The Labyrinth

A cartoon version of the Greek myth of Labyrinth.

Cast

Anatoliy Papanov

as Procrustes (Damastes) (voice)

Aleksandr Grave

Natalya Kustinskaya

Lev Frichinsky

Sofya Zajkova

Aleksey Konsovskiy

as Theseus (voice)

Yakov Belenkiy

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