The Tale of the Snow Maiden

1957 0h 10m RU

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

AnimationFantasy

Synopsis

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Once an old man and an old woman fashioned their daughter out of the snow, and Santa Claus revived her. The Snow Maiden was beautiful, kind, hardworking, and everyone loved her very much. Spring came. The Snow Maiden stopped playing and hid from the hot sun all the time. Somehow, the village children started jumping over a blazing fire. They persuaded the Snow Maiden to take part in the game...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yuri Khrzhanovsky
Georgiy Vitsin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vladimir Degtyarev
Writers: Nikolai Abramov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vladimir Degtyarev, shot by Mikhail Kamenetskiy. 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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Original score by Mieczysław Weinberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Yuri Khrzhanovsky and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6295292 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Vladimir Degtyarev directs. Mikhail Kamenetskiy behind the camera. Mieczysław Weinberg scores. V. Egorova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 10-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Vladimir Degtyarev, shot by Mikhail Kamenetskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mieczysław Weinberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor V. Egorova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Yuri Khrzhanovsky and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt6295292 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.