The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1966)

  • NR
  • 06/06/1966 (US)
  • Family, Fantasy
  • 1h 20m

Overview

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.

Aleksandr Ptushko

Director, Writer

Igor Gelein

Writer

Alexander Pushkin

Novel

Cast

Vladimir Andreyev's headshot

Vladimir Andreyev

Tsar Saltan
Larisa Golubkina's headshot

Larisa Golubkina

Tsarina
Oleg Vidov's headshot

Oleg Vidov

Tsarevich Gvidon
Kseniya Ryabinkina's headshot

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Tsarevna Lebed
Sergei Martinson's headshot

Sergei Martinson

Opekun Saltana
Olga Viklandt's headshot

Olga Viklandt

Babarikha
Vera Ivleva's headshot

Vera Ivleva

Tkachikha
Nina Belyayeva's headshot

Nina Belyayeva

Povarikha

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