Aleksandr Ptushko — Director (8)

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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1937)
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other title: Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке / Fishmonger and the Fish …
Adaptation of Pushkin's fairy tales. The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a Golden Fish which promises to fulfill any wish of his in exchange for its freedom. The storyline is similar to the Russian fairy tale "The Greedy Old Wife" and the Brothers Grimm's tale "The Fisherman and His Wife".

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Sampo (1959)
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other title: 三宝磨坊 / The Day the Earth Froze …
Based on Finnish mythology, this movie traces the exploits of Lemminkainen as he woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her father to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. 77mi.cc When Lemminkainen tries (and fails) to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1966)
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亚历山大·普图什科 actor: Vladimir Andreyev / 拉里莎·戈卢布金娜 …
other title: 萨尔丹沙皇的传说 / Skazka o tsare Saltane …
Driven from the 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.

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The Stone Flower (1946)
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亚历山大·普图什科 actor: 弗拉基米尔·德鲁日尼科夫 / Yekaterina Derevshchikova …
other title: 宝石花 / Каменный цветок …
This remarkable film is based on P. Bazhov’s fairy tale “The Malachite Box”. Little Danila was the most inquisitive apprentice of old Prokopich, a famous stone-carving master. Years passed… Like his teacher, the grown-up Danila has learned to feel the soul of his material and became an expert in handling rare precious stones found in the Ural Mountains. One day he met the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, a fairy who ordered for herself an unusual stone flower.

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Ruslan and Ludmila (1974)
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亚历山大·普图什科 actor: Natalia Petrova / Valeriy Kozinets
other title: 鲁斯兰与柳德米拉 / Руслан и Людмила …
Based on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale poem of the same name. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, Ludmila is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Her father seeks help from his people, but of course Ruslan is the only one able to save her.

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Ilya Muromets (1959)
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other title: 穆罗姆的伊里亚 / Илья Муромец …
Ilya is a cripple without the use of his legs. When he aids some weary travellers, they surprise him by giving him a potion that restores his legs. He immediately becomes powerful and sets off to prove himself to his King. Doing so, he fights the evil Tugars, a wind demon that looks like a cross between a goblin and The Noid, a zeppelin-like ambassador, and the evil Tugars. Ilya gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, then is freed, then finally dispatches the Tugars and their dragon.

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Sadko (1953)
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other title: 萨特阔 / Садко …
In the old Russian city of Novgorod, the merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace and Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voiced bird of happiness. They laugh at him, but he is offered help by the Ocean King's daughter, who is mesmerized by Sadko's singing and is in love with him. The hero is destined to visit many lands in his search of the bird.

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红帆 (1961)
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other title: Алые Паруса / Scarlet Sails
身世坎坷的小阿索莉送玩具进城,在树林里不慎丢失了一只系着红帆的小赛艇。小小红帆在林中小溪里随风漂走,她一直追到入海口,发现一位自称是“头号魔法师”的人,他预言,当她长大成人时,会有一位王子乘一艘扬着红帆的海船来把她接走。从此,阿索莉饱受创伤的心里燃起了对幸福生活的无限希望,对预言中的红帆深信不疑,并时常来到海边,在晨曦中期盼梦幻的红帆向她驶来。 船长格莱在一个偶然的时机,驾驶着自己的“秘密号”来到一处海岸高坡的树林,发现了沉睡中的阿索莉。格莱得知一切后,悄悄作出了来自上天启示的决定。他亲自购买了两千米昂贵的红绸,将“秘密号”装饰一新,他升起红帆,奏响音乐,起航了。幻想变成了现实,阿索莉终于望见了奇妙的圣境:渐渐驶近的红帆船头,站立着为她创造了这一奇迹的王子……