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The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Сказка о царе Салтане)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
Writer: Igor Gelein, Aleksandr Ptushko
Top Cast
Vladimir Andreyev
Tsar Saltan
Larisa Golubkina
Tsarina
Oleg Vidov
Tsarevich Gvidon
Kseniya Ryabinkina
Tsarevna Lebed
Sergei Martinson
Opekun Saltana
Olga Viklandt
Babarikha
Vera Ivleva
Tkachikha
Nina Belyayeva
Povarikha
Videos
THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN restoration trailer
