The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Synopsis
Based on a famous fairy tale, in verse, by Alexander Pushkin, this ravishingly beautiful fantasy is about love, magic, betrayal and abandoned family. Driven from the Russian court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask with her infant son. Surviving the storm-tossed voyage, the mother and her now magically-adult son land on a remote island where he falls in love with a Swan Princess in human form, and longs for reunion with his estranged father, Tsar Saltan. Merchants come to the island with news of the tsar, and the prince sends word back to him, but the sisters continue their campaign of lies and trickery to keep them apart.
Release Date: 1967-01-02
Runtime: 86 minutes
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Top Cast
- Vladimir Andreyev as Tsar Saltan
- Larisa Golubkina as Tsarina
- Oleg Vidov as Tsarevich Gvidon
- Kseniya Ryabinkina as Tsarevna Lebed
- Sergei Martinson as Opekun Saltana
- Olga Viklandt as Babarikha
- Vera Ivleva as Tkachikha
- Nina Belyayeva as Povarikha
- Viktor Kolpakov as Dyak
- Yuri Chekulayev as Spalnik
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