The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights (1951)
AnimationFamilyFantasyAdventure
Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...
Directors:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya.
Writers:
Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yury Olesha.
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Galina Novozhilova as Princess (voice) |
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Aleksey Konsovskiy as Prince Elisey (voice) |
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Mariya Babanova as Queen / The Mirror (voice) |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as 1st Bogatyr (voice) |
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Mikhail Nazvanov as 2nd Bogatyr / Sun / Wind (voice) |
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Andrei Abrikosov as 3rd Bogatyr (voice) |
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Mikhail Troyanovsky as 4th Bogatyr (voice) |
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Nikolay Litvinov as 5th Bogatyr / 7th Bogatyr (voice) |
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Mikhail Tsaryov as 6th Bogatyr (voice) |
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Zinaida Bokareva as Chernavka (voice) |
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Valentina Sperantova as Moon (voice) |
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Vera Popova as text from the author (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Fyodor Khitruk | Animation |
| Directing | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Pushkin | Novel |
| Art | Dmitriy Anpilov | Background Designer |
| Art | Irina Svetlitsa | Background Designer |
| Art | Irina Troyanova | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Fyodorov | Animation |
| Art | Galina Nevzorova | Background Designer |
| Crew | Nina Orlova | Technical Advisor |
| Visual Effects | Boris Butakov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Renata Mirenkova | Animation |
| Camera | Nikolay Voinov | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lidiya Reztsova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Arbekov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Grigoriy Kozlov | Animation |
| Editing | Nina Mayorova | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Nadezhda Privalova | Animation |
| Crew | V. Sveshnikova | Technical Advisor |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Malyshev | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Faina Epifanova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatyana Fyodorova | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Lev Popov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Chikin | Animation |
| Crew | F. Goldshteyn | Technical Advisor |
| Visual Effects | Ivan Staryuk | Animation |
| Writing | Ivan Ivanov-Vano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yury Olesha | Screenplay |
| Sound | Yuriy Nikolskiy | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya | Co-Director |
| Art | Lev Milchin | Production Design |
| Sound | Nikolay Prilutskiy | Sound Director |
| Art | Lidiya Model | Storyboard Assistant |
| Art | A. Durakov | Storyboard Assistant |
| Art | Viktor Nikitin | Production Design |
| Directing | Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya | Director |