''New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya'' (russian: Новогодние приключения Маши и Вити, Novogodnyie priklucheniya Mashi i Viti) is a 1975 Soviet

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directed by Igor Usov and

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Plot

Elementary school children Vitya and Masha are complete opposites; Vitya believes only in science and technology, while Masha believes in miracles. During the hall's preparation for the New Year at their school, Masha brings to life the sculpture of Father Frost with a magic spell, who transports her and Vitya to a fairy-tale world to save the Snow Maiden:

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kidnapped the Snow Maiden to arrange the New Year for his evil spirits. Father Frost gives the children three tips: One, do not wait for anyone to help, but help everyone in need, 2) do not get lost in a difficult moment and 3) hold on to each other when in a bad situation. Learning this, Koschey sends them an impure force – the vocal-instrumental trio "Wild Guitars":

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Leshy The Leshy (also Leshi; rus, леший, p=ˈlʲeʂɨj; literally, " efrom the forest", pl, borowy, leśnik, leśniczy, lasowik, leszy) is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology. As the spirit rules over the forest and huntin ...

and Wild Cat Matvei. Masha and Vitya fly away on a mortar and pestle from Baba Yaga. Vitya strikes Leshy with a self-made electroshock weapon. He also distracts Wild Cat Matvei, who runs around the forest with a big slingshot, using a mechanical mouse. On the way to Koschei's kingdom, Masha and Vitya also meet the Stove, the

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and Old Man-Forester and help them, and in return they show the children the way with the help of charcoal, an apple and a ball. But at the last moment Koshchei abducts Masha and lowers her on the elevator to his dungeon. Soon it turns out that Koshchei's teeth hurt, and Masha relieves the sorcerer's toothache with a healing rinse in exchange for the Snow Maiden's release. Vitya summons Koshchei to a duel and defeats him with an ordinary magnet. The "Wild Guitars" trio go in pursuit of children, but the Stove, the Apple Tree and Old Man-Forester help Vitya and Masha, and they return to school with the Snow Maiden, where children and Father Frost are waiting for them.

Cast

*Natasha Simonova – Masha *Yura Nakhratov – Vitya *Igor Efimov – Father Frost *Irina Borisova –

The Snow Maiden ''The Snow Maiden'' (subtitle: A Spring Fairy Tale) ( rus, Снегурочка–весенняя сказка, Snegúrochka–vesénnyaya skázka, italic=yes ) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed ...

*George Shtil –

*Vera Titova – Stove *

Mikhail Boyarsky Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky (russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский; born 26 December 1949 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; ...

– Wild-Cat Matvei *Nikolai Boyarsky –

the Immortal *Valentina Kosobutskaya –

*Lyubov Virolainen –

*Boris Smolkin – Forester

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Films set around New Year 1970s children's fantasy films 1970s children's adventure films Russian children's fantasy films Films based on Slavic mythology Films scored by Gennady Gladkov Soviet musical films Lenfilm films Films based on fairy tales Films directed by Gennadi Kazansky Soviet children's films 1970s Soviet films {{child-film-stub