Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

1970 1h 21m RU

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 38

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Synopsis

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One day, King Yeremei decides to go on a long hike in order to consider all his areas and compile their register. A well appears on his way home, but as soon as the sovereign bent over him, he was seized by the underwater king Chudo-Yudo and demanded an unusual ransom for his release — that which is in the state of Yeremei, but which he does not know about. The tsar is forced to agree to these conditions, because he thinks that each blade of grass was taken into account in the inventory — he still does not suspect that in his absence the Queen gave birth to him an heir.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mikhail Pugovkin
Yeremei, the tsar
Georgi Millyar
Chudo-Yudo, also tsar
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
Afonya, dyak
Lidiya Korolyova
Praskovya, dyak woman
Aleksei Katyshev
Andrei, a fisherman's son
Sergey Nikolaev
Andrei, the tsar's son
Tatyana Klyuyeva
Varvara the beauty
Varvara Popova
Stepanida, nanny

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksandr Rou
Writers: Mikhail Chuprin, Aleksandr Rou
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksandr Rou, shot by Dmitri Surensky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Arkadiy Filippenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kseniya Blinova 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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Mikhail Pugovkin and Georgi Millyar and Anatoliy Kubatskiy carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0191625 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 38 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksandr Rou directs. Dmitri Surensky behind the camera. Arkadiy Filippenko scores. Kseniya Blinova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Aleksandr Rou, shot by Dmitri Surensky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Arkadiy Filippenko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kseniya Blinova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mikhail Pugovkin and Georgi Millyar and Anatoliy Kubatskiy carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0191625 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 38 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.