The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
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.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
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Vladimir Andreyev as Tsar Saltan |
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Larisa Golubkina as Tsarina |
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Oleg Vidov as Tsarevich Gvidon |
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Kseniya Ryabinkina as Tsarevna Lebed |
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Sergei Martinson as Opekun Saltana |
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Olga Viklandt as Babarikha |
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Vera Ivleva as Tkachikha |
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Nina Belyayeva as Povarikha |
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Viktor Kolpakov as Dyak |
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Yuri Chekulayev as Spalnik |
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Valeriy Nosik as Chelyadinets |
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Grigoriy Shpigel as Gradopravitel |
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Evgeniy Maykhrovsky as Shut |
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Viktor Uralsky as Boyarin |
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Yakov Belenkiy as 1st Eastern Naval Captain |
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Boris Bityukov as 1st shipman/1st boyar |
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Sergei Golovanov as 2nd shipbuilder |
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Aleksandr Degtyar as 3rd shipbuilder |
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Artyom Karapetyan as 2nd Eastern Naval Shipbuilder |
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Yuriy Kireev as 4th shipbuilder |
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Grigory Mikhaylov as 5th shipbuilder |
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Mikhail Orlov as 6th shipmaster |
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Gurgen Tonunts as 3rd Eastern Sailor |
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Vladimir Ferapontov as 4th Eastern Navigator |
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Nikolai Barmin as Chernomor |
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Sarra Mokil as The Witch |
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Oleg Mokshantsev as 8th shipman/2nd boyar |
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Zoya Vasilkova as Mother |
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Pavel Shalnov as 2nd Clerk |
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Mikhail Molokoyedov as Gvidon as a child |
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Anatoly Alekseev as Cupbearer (uncredited) |
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Valentina Ananina as Mother (uncredited) |
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Elena Volskaya as |
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Vitaly Kiselev as Military commander (uncredited) |
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Zinaida Sorochinskaya as Girl (uncredited) |
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Tamara Yarenko as Mother (uncredited) |
| Editing | Natalya Belevtseva | Editor |
| Directing | Aleksandr Ptushko | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Ptushko | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Kruchinina | Costume Design |
| Art | Anatoliy Kuznetsov | Production Design |
| Camera | Igor Gelein | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Valentin Zakharov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Natalya Ptushko | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Rozhkov | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Georgiy Alekseyev | Animal Wrangler |
| Crew | Tariel Gabidzashvili | Animal Wrangler |
| Art | V. Smirnov | Construction Manager |
| Sound | Gaziz Dugashev | Conductor |
| Writing | G. Khoreva | Script Editor |
| Writing | Igor Gelein | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Alexander Pushkin | Short Story |
| Art | Konstantin Khodataev | Production Design |
| Sound | Gavriil Popov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Maria Blyakhina | Sound Director |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Renkov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Zoya Moryakova | VFX Artist |
| Art | Sarra Mokil | Property Master |
| Production | I. Kharitonov | Executive Producer |
