The Snow Queen

"Cold can freeze your heart, love can set you free"

2012 1h 16m RU

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 196

AnimationFantasyFamily

Synopsis

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The Snow Queen creates a world of eternal winter, frosting human souls and emotions. When she turns Kai, the son of a wizard, into an ice statue, his sister embarks on a journey to save him and bring life back to the world.

“Cold can freeze your heart, love can set you free”

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Cast

Ivan Okhlobystin
Orm (voice)
Dmitriy Nagiev
Vospitatel (voice)
Lyudmila Artemeva
Tsvetochnitsa (voice)
Anna Ardova
Atamansha (voice)
Elizaveta Arzamasova
Doch atamanshi (voice)
Galina Tyunina
Snow queen (voice)
Anna Shurochkina
Yuriy Stoyanov

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vladlen Barbe
Writers: Aleksandr Ligay, Alexey Tsitsilin, Vadim Sveshnikov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Snow Queen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vladlen Barbe, shot by Alexey Tsitsilin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alexey Tsitsilin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ivan Okhlobystin and Dmitriy Nagiev and Lyudmila Artemeva carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Cold can freeze your heart, love can set you free".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2243621 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Vladlen Barbe directs. Alexey Tsitsilin behind the camera. Alexey Tsitsilin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Part of the "Snow Queen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Vladlen Barbe, shot by Alexey Tsitsilin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Alexey Tsitsilin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ivan Okhlobystin and Dmitriy Nagiev and Lyudmila Artemeva carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Cold can freeze your heart, love can set you free".
8IMDB entry: tt2243621 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "magic", "coming of age", "witchcraft", "wizard".