The Stolen Princess

"Love is stronger than magic"

2018 1h 25m UK

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 195

AnimationComedyAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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This wonderful story happened in the age of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and battling sorcerers. Ruslan, a wandering artist dreaming to become a knight, met beautiful Mila and fell in love with her; he didn’t even suspect that she is the King’s daughter. However, the lovers’ happiness wasn’t meant to last too long. Chernomor, the evil sorcerer, appeared in a magic vortex and stole Mila right before Ruslan’s eyes to transform her power of love into his own magic power. Without further ado, Ruslan sets out on a chase after the stolen princess to overcome all obstacles and to prove that real love is stronger than magic.

“Love is stronger than magic”

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Cast

Nadya Dorofeeva
Princess Mila (voice)
Oleksii Zavgorodnii
Ruslan (voice)
Yevhen Malukha
Chornomor (voice)
Oleh Mykhailiuta
Fin (voice)
Nikolay Boklan
King Volodymyr (voice)
Serhii Prytula
Nestor (voice)
Yurii Horbunov
Learned Cat (voice)
Roman Lutskyi
Guardian #2 (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oleh Malamuzh
Writers: Yaroslav Voytseshek, Alexander Pushkin
Languages: English
Countries: Ukraine

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RUNTIME

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

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2 / 6

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Nadya Dorofeeva and Oleksii Zavgorodnii and Yevhen Malukha carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love is stronger than magic".

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5378092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Oleh Malamuzh directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Ukraine. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Nadya Dorofeeva and Oleksii Zavgorodnii and Yevhen Malukha carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Love is stronger than magic".
6IMDB entry: tt5378092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 10 themes, including "princess", "rescue", "magic", "artist".
8Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $6,914,017
Original language: UK
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Stolen Princess (2018)

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RealZero2026-03-21
★ 5/10
[This review contains story spoilers! As this site seems to lack a spoiler feature, you've been warned!] --- This is kinda a hard one to judge, especially if it's more a 50 or 60 one. First off, why my initial impression was positive: Visually, the movie is great. Lovely light effects, very nice-looking clothes, beautiful metal and wood. There's an early scene involving stained glass windows, and it looks really lovely. - Sadly, the story doesn't live up to it. The main story and characters are a very blatant mix of stuff you already know. The whole beginning between Rusland and Mila is Disney's Aladdin. And not just a bit. The strong-willed, independent princess that doesn't wanna get married and runs from the palace, the poor guy that pretends to be someone he isn't and has to fight the palace guards and then rescue the princess abducted by the evil wizard. Yeah... Mila is basically Princess Jasmin most of the time, but also adds some parts of Merida and Rapunzel. But of course most fantasy things are inspired by the same fairy tales, right? But still, too many things here are disconnected from each other and seem highly "random". A cat-man with a totally unnecessary fight sequence, a villain that quickly becomes a laughing-stock where one wonders how he was able to win against so many others before, and some moments that are just...strange. The bridge handle needs to be turned by a hamster with beans in his mouth? The gigantic STONE monster can be sliced by a sword? The epic hero with the magic swords decides it's fine for him and his friend to die because his potential girlfriend doesn't like him? What the?! Oh, yeah, as usual, the romance is as believable and hurried like the one between Anna and Hans in Frozen. The movie has many nice parts. As said, the visuals are lovely. The bird sidekick is fun and some of the visual gags are really nice. But overall it lacks cohesion and has too many "what the....why?!" moments. The samurai-style fight against the cake was fun, though.

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