Vassilisa the Beautiful (1940)
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.
Director: Aleksandr Rou
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Runtime: 72 min
Release Date: May 13, 1940
Cast
- Valentina Sorogozhskaya - Vasilisa
- Sergei Stolyarov - Ivan
- Georgi Millyar - Baba Yaga and Father
- Lidiya Sukharevskaya - Belendryasa
- Mariya Barabanova - Bell-ringer
- Lev Potyomkin - Agafon
- Nikita Kondratyev - Anton
- Irina Zarubina - Malanya
- Tatyana Barysheva - Malanya's mother
- M. Skavronskaya
Screenplay
Music: Leonid Polovinkin
Cinematography: Ivan Gorchilin
Editing: Kseniya Blinova
Production: Soyuzdetfilm
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
More Films by Director: Aleksandr Rou
Frequently Asked Questions
- 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.
- Who directed Vassilisa the Beautiful?
- Vassilisa the Beautiful was directed by Aleksandr Rou.
- Who stars in Vassilisa the Beautiful?
- Vassilisa the Beautiful stars Valentina Sorogozhskaya, Sergei Stolyarov, Georgi Millyar, Lidiya Sukharevskaya, Mariya Barabanova, Lev Potyomkin.
- How long is Vassilisa the Beautiful?
- Vassilisa the Beautiful has a runtime of 1h 12m (72 minutes).
- What genre is Vassilisa the Beautiful?
- Vassilisa the Beautiful is a Family, Fantasy film.
- Where was Vassilisa the Beautiful produced?
- Vassilisa the Beautiful was produced in Soviet Union.