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Vassilisa the Beautiful (1940)
Directed by Aleksandr Rou
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Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is 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.
Length 72 minutes
Actors
Valentina Sorogozhskaya | Sergei Stolyarov | Georgi Millyar | Lidiya Sukharevskaya | Mariya Barabanova | Lev Potyomkin | Nikita Kondratyev | Irina Zarubina | Tatyana Barysheva | L. Skavronskaya
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2023 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Third movie in the annual TRR NYE marathon but the first one for me (started at 9:30am MT). Fun Russian fantasy flick with a Ghidorah creature. Made me wonder if Tsubaraya saw this and was inspired to make his Japanese version in Ghidorah.
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