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Vassilisa the Beautiful (1940)

Original title: Vasilisa Prekrasnaya

1940-05-13 · 1h 12m · RU
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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.

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Aleksandr RouDirectorVladimir ShvejtserWriter

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Valentina SorogozhskayaValentina SorogozhskayaVasilisaSergei StolyarovSergei StolyarovIvanGeorgi MillyarGeorgi MillyarBaba Yaga and FatherLidiya SukharevskayaLidiya SukharevskayaBelendryasaMariya BarabanovaMariya BarabanovaBell-ringerLev PotyomkinLev PotyomkinAgafonNikita KondratyevNikita KondratyevAntonIrina ZarubinaIrina ZarubinaMalanyaTatyana BaryshevaTatyana BaryshevaMalanya's motherM. SkavronskayaM. Skavronskaya

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What is Vassilisa the Beautiful 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.

How long is Vassilisa the Beautiful?

Vassilisa the Beautiful has a runtime of 72 minutes.

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