The Twelve Months (2012 Film)
The Twelve Months or Twelve Months may refer to: *The Twelve Months (fairy tale) * ''The Twelve Months'' (1956 film), 1956 film * ''The Twelve Months'' (1972 film), 1972 film * ''Twelve Months'' (1980 film), 1980 film *''The Twelve Months'' (2004 film), an Australian film (2004) *''Twelve Months,'' the planned upcoming 18th ''The Dresden Files ''The Dresden Files'' is a series of contemporary fantasy/mystery novels written by American author Jim Butcher. The first novel, '' Storm Front''—which was also Butcher's writing debut—was published in 2000 by Roc Books. The books are wri ...

The Twelve Months (fairy Tale)
"The Twelve Months" is a Slovak fairy tale, which was first mentioned by a Czech writer, scholar, physician, lexicographer, canon of the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and a master of the University of Prague in the 14th century - mistr Klaret/Bartoloměj z Chlumce, who mentions the fairy tale as a preaching exemplum. It was later collected by one of the most famous Czech writers - Božena Němcová. Synopsis A young and beautiful girl (called Maruška in some variations) is sent into the cold forest in the winter to perform impossible tasks by her evil stepmother. She must get spring violets, summer strawberries and fall apples in midwinter as presents to give her stepsister for her birthday. The girl ventures out into the blizzard and eventually meets the 12 personified months by a warm fire in the woods. When she approaches and asks politely if she might warm her hands at their fire, they ask why she is there, and when she tells them about her step-family and what she is lookin ...
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The Twelve Months (1956 Film)
''The Twelve Months'' (russian: Двенадцать месяцев; ''Dvenadtsat mesyatsev'') is a 1956 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the fairy-tale play of the same name by Samuil Marshak. The scene of action in the animated film isn't specified, but on a picture it is clear that action happens in the West (in the original of the story of Marshak — in Bohemia, then part of the Austrian empire) at the turn of the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. The animated film plot quite precisely reflects story events, thus the particular emphasis is placed on ridiculing the shortcomings of an absolute monarchy. The film's sound and image were restored in by Krupnyy Plan, who released it on video and DVD in Russia in 2005. An English-subtitled edition of the Russian-language version has not been released. However, Films by Jove releas ...
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The Twelve Months (1972 Film)
''The Twelve Months'' (russian: Двенадцать месяцев, Dvenadtsat mesyatsev) is a 1973 Soviet Lenfilm fantasy film directed by Anatoliy Granik based on the play by Samuil Marshak adapted from the fairy tale with the same name. Cast * Natalya Popova — Stepdaughter * Marina Maltseva — Stepsister * Olga Wiklandt — Stepmother * Liana Zhvaniya — The Queen * Nikolay Volkov — Professor * Tatiyana Pelttser — Gofmejsterina * Leonid Kuravlyov — Soldier * Konstantin Adashevskiy — The Head of the Royal Guard * Alexander Sokolov — The Chancellors your * Georgy Teikh — Royal Prosecutor * Lev Lemke Lev Isaakovich Lemke (russian: Лев Исаакович Лемке) (25 August 1931 – 4 August 1996, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor, awarded the title Meritorious Artist of Russia. Lemke finished his education in the Theatre S ... — The Eastern Ambassador * Alexey Kozhevnikov — The Western Ambassador * Arkady Trusov — December * Boris R ...
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Twelve Months (1980 Film)
, ''Dvenadtsat mesyatsev'' is a 1980 animated feature film directed by Yugo Serikawa, Kimio Yabuki and Tetsuo Imazawa, produced by Toei Animation from Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union. It was based on the 1943 play written by Samuil Marshak which itself was based on the medieval fairy tale of the same name . The music was composed by Vladimir Ivanovich Krivtsov () and performed by the National Leningrad Philharmonic under the direction of A. S. Dmitriev. Preceded by ''The Wild Swans'' (1977) and ''Thumbelina'' (1978), and followed by ''Swan Lake'' (1981) and '' Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'' (1982), it represents the third episode in Toei's ''World Masterpiece Fairy Tales'' movie series. Plot synopsis A spoiled, young queen asks for the impossible during a cold winter and requests for a bouquet of Galanthus, a spring wildflower, for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward of gold. One greedy woman desires to collect the bounty and instead of se ...
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