Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Unfortunately the movie A Very Old Story is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Nadezhda Kosheverova | Director |
| Writing | Valeri Frid | Writer |
| Writing | Yuli Dunsky | Writer |
| Writing | Hans Christian Andersen | Novel |
| Camera | Konstantin Ryzhov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Marina Azizyan | Production Design |
| Art | Igor Vuskovich | Production Design |
| Sound | Andrei Petrov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Khutoryansky | Sound Director |
| Editing | Valentina Mironova | Editor |
| Camera | K. Polukhin | Camera Operator |
| Directing | A. Tubenshlyak | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Igor Belsky | Choreographer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Galich | Lyricist |
| Sound | Anatoli Badkhen | Conductor |
| Art | Yevgeniy Demmeni | Property Master |
| Visual Effects | Yevgeniy Demmeni | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yevgeniy Demmeni | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Zavyalov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Georgiy Senotov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lev Kholmov | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | E. Vladimirov | VFX Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Azizyan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Stambirskaya | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Gribov | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Aleksandr Bessmertniy | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Mogilyanskaya | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Nina Zimatskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lidiya Dukhnitskaya | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Valeri Bychenkov | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | A. Kotov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Valery Mironov | Assistant Camera |
| Art | B. Smirnov | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Yu. Kalinin | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Semyon Goloshchyokin | Producer |
