''The Snow Maiden'' (russian: Снегурочка, Snegurochka) is a 1968 Soviet fantasy film directed by
Pavel Kadochnikov
Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov (russian: Павел Петрович Кадочников; – 2 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...
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Plot
The Snow Maiden is the daughter of
Ded Moroz
Ded Moroz (russian: Дед Мороз, ; Russian diminutive: russian: Дедушка Мороз, Dedushka Moroz, label=none; sk, Dedo Mráz; pl, Dziadek Mróz) or Morozko (russian: Морозко) is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nich ...
and the Beauty of Spring. Her icy heart has never known simple human joys, never known love before meeting Lel. His spiritual warmth gave the girl the wealth of the surrounding world, melted the heart of the cold beauty.
Cast
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Yevgenia Filonova as
Snegurochka
Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka ( rus, Снегу́рочка (diminutive), Снегу́рка, p=sʲnʲɪˈgurətɕkə, snʲɪˈgurkə), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.
This character has no apparent roots in ...
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Evgeny Zharikov
Evgeny Ilyich "Zhenya" Zharikov (''Russian:'' Евгений Ильич Жариков; 26 February 1941 — 18 January 2012), also spelt Yevgeniy Ilich Zharikov and variants, was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He was awarded the USSR State Priz ...
as Lel
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Irina Gubanova
Irina Igorevna Gubanova (russian: Ири́на И́горевна Губа́нова; 1940–2000) was a Russian ballerina and film actress.Cowie / Elley p.644 She was married to the actor Sergei Gurzo.
Selected filmography
* ''The Girl Without ...
as Kupava
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Boris Khimichev
Boris Petrovich Khimichev (russian: Борис Петрович Химичев; 12 January 1933 – 14 September 2014) was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993.
Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre ...
as Misghir
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Pavel Kadochnikov
Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov (russian: Павел Петрович Кадочников; – 2 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...
as Tsar Berendey
* Natalya Klimova as
Vesna
Vesna (Cyrillic: Весна) was a mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology, particularly within Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and Slovenia. Along with her male companion Vesnik, she was asso ...
* Valeri Malyshev as Brusilo
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Sergey Filippov
Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Филиппов, 24 June 1912— 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' ...
as Bermyata
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Boris Shcherbakov
Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щербако́в; born 11 December 1949) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985).
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as young man
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Andrey Apsolon as Bakula
The Snow Maiden (1969) Full Cast / Crew
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References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snow Maiden, The (1968)
1968 films
1960s Russian-language films
Soviet fantasy films
Films based on children's books
Soviet films based on plays
Lenfilm films
Films set around New Year
Snegurochka
1960s fantasy films