Василиса Прекрасная (1940): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1940, Василиса Прекрасная is a fantasía and familia film directed by Aleksandr Rou, running about 72 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Василиса Прекрасная stars Valentina Sorogozhskaya as Vasilisa, Sergei Stolyarov as Ivan, Georgi Millyar as Baba Yaga and Father and Lidiya Sukharevskaya as Belendryasa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Василиса Прекрасная has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In Estados Unidos you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Василиса Прекрасная page.

If you liked it. Fans of Василиса Прекрасная tend to enjoy El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey, La milla verde, El viaje de Chihiro and El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo.