Khottabych

}{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч / Khottabych
2006 cover of the film
Directed by
Produced by	Sergey Selyanov
Written by	(screenplay) Veronica Voznyak Sergey Klado (book)
Starring	Marius Jampolskis Vladimir Tolokonnikov Julia Paranova Mark Geykhman Liva Kruminya
Music by	Dmitry Shurov
Cinematography	Vladimir Zapasov Victor Zubarev Igor Grinjakin
Edited by	Valery Feodorovich
Distributed by	STV Film Company, Mill
Release date	August 10, 2006 RUSBLRUKRKAZ
Running time	92 min
Country	Russia
Language	English, Russian
Budget	N/A
Box office	US$1,382,450 (Russia)

Khottabych (Russian: Хоттабыч [}{0ТТ@БЬ)Ч], Hottabych) is a 2006 Russian comedy folk-tale by STV Film Company. This film has little in common with the first film, except for some central elements. The film has the screen name K}{OTT@B\)CH, underscoring the film's Internet motif. It is based on the novel The Copper Jar of Old Khottabych by Sergey Oblomov. It opened in theaters on August 10, 2006 at Karoprokat.

A youth named Gena is a hacker hooked on computers and the Internet. His girlfriend is fed up with him, because he pays so little attention to her and so much to his electronic exploits, such as defacing the www.microsoft.com web site.

Attempting to mend his relationship with his girlfriend, he buys an ancient jar from an Internet-auction and finds a genie residing in it. Per the fairy-tale tradition, he is offered three wishes. First, the genie, named Hottabych by Gena, prints a huge number of US$100 banknotes. Unfortunately Hottabych is not familiar with modern paper, and the banknotes are printed on Egyptian papyrus. This later sets off a chain of events leading back to Gena.

Unbeknownst to him, the local mafia is aware of Gena's skills and is intent on forcing him to gain entrance to bank computers. Furthermore, the Russian and American police forces are attempting to locate him because of his recent activity on the Internet. The Americans send a female hacker named Annie to trick Gena into revealing himself, which he does. After a rocky start to their relationship, romance ensues.

Things are further complicated by an evil genie named Shaitanych who is also hunting for the jar, in an attempt to collect all 13 genie-vessels and gain dominion over Earth, so no dreams may be ever fulfilled (he names this "The Greatest Worldwide Bummer"). After Hottabych grants Gena's final wish, he decides to become a mortal man and is subsequently killed by Shaitanych. Left with nothing but a strand of Hottabych's hair, Gena and Annie decode his DNA and upload the binary code into the Internet, where a final battle takes place between Hottabych and Shaitanych.