''Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair'' (russian: Варвара-краса, длинная коса, Varvara-krasa, dlinnaya kosa) is a 1969 Soviet
fantasy film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction f ...
directed by
Alexander Rou and based on the fairy tale by
Vasily Zhukovsky.
The film premiered December 30, 1970.
Plot
Once upon a time there was a king Yeremei. He went to the annual campaign to make an inventory of his kingdom-state. He leaned over once to the well to drink, but immediately grabbed by the underwater tsar Chudo - Yudo. Demanded a ransom for the release - such as Jeremiah did not know or wondered what it is in his kingdom. The king agreed, not knowing that in the absence of the queen gave birth to a son.
Cast
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Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People' ...
as ''
tsar
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...
Yeremei (the king)''
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Georgy Millyar as ''Chudo-Yudo (slavic monster, the underwater king)''
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Anatoly Kubatsky as ''Afonya,
dyak''
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Aleksei Katyshev
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin A ...
as ''Andrey, son of a fisherman''
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Sergei Nikolaev as ''Andrey, the tsar's son''
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Tatiana Klyueva as ''Varvara-beauty, daughter of Chudo-Yudo''
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Varvara Popova as ''Stepanida, nanny''
Варвара Попова
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* Most real pirates:
** Alexander Khvylya
Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, russian: Александр Леопольдович Хвыля, uk, Олександр Леопольдович Хвиля, ''Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya''; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was ...
as ''Duc de la Bull''
**Lev Potyomkin
Lev may refer to:
Common uses
*Bulgarian lev, the currency of Bulgaria
*an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah
People and fictional characters
*Lev (given name)
*Lev (surname)
Places
*Lev, Azerbaijan, a ...
as ''Marquis de la Kis''
** Arkady Zinman as ''Baron de la Pig''
** Isaac Leongarov as ''Viscount de la Dog''
* Boris Sichkin
Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin ( ukr, Бори́с Миха́йлович Сі́чкін; russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Си́чкин; 1922–2002) was a Soviet and American film actor, dancer, choreographer, composer and entertainer.
...
as ''Groom-prestidigitator
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* Valentina Ananina
Valentina Georgievna Ananina (russian: Валентина Геopгиeвна Ананьина; May 18, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
Biography
Valentina Ananina was born May 18, 1933 in Moscow.
In 1957 she grad ...
as ''fisherwoman''
* Vera Altayskaya as ''starushka-veselushka (old lady jester)''
* Anastasia Zuyeva as ''narrator''
Interesting facts
* The shooting took place on the banks of the Moscow River, near the Pioneer Camp Mirny, the name of Sergei Kirov (at Moscow Institute of Thermal), located near the village of Anikovo village of Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
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References
External links
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«Варвара-краса, длинная коса» (рецензия)
1969 films
Films directed by Aleksandr Rou
Pirate films
Gorky Film Studio films
Soviet fantasy films
Films based on Slavic mythology
Films based on Russian folklore
1960s fantasy films
1970s Russian-language films
Russian fairy tales
Films based on fairy tales
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