Vasilisa the Beautiful

1940 1h 12m RU

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 18

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Synopsis

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Russian folk tale about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Valentina Sorogozhskaya
Vasilisa
Sergey Stolyarov
Ivan
Georgi Millyar
Baba Yaga and Father
Lidiya Sukharevskaya
Belendryasa
Mariya Barabanova
Bell-ringer
Lev Potyomkin
Agafon
Nikita Kondratyev
Anton
Irina Zarubina
Malanya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksandr Rou
Writers: Vladimir Shveytser, Galina Vladychina, Olga Nechayeva
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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86 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 Ivan Gorchilin. 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 Leonid Polovinkin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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Valentina Sorogozhskaya and Sergey Stolyarov and Georgi Millyar carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0167474 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksandr Rou directs. Ivan Gorchilin behind the camera. Leonid Polovinkin scores. Kseniya Blinova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
286 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Aleksandr Rou, shot by Ivan Gorchilin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Leonid Polovinkin. 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.
6Valentina Sorogozhskaya and Sergey Stolyarov and Georgi Millyar carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0167474 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.