''The Donkey's Hide'' () is a 1982

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

fantasy film based on Charles Perrault's ''

Donkeyskin "Donkeyskin" () is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. It was first published in 1695 in a small volume and republished in 1697 in Perrault's '' Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. Andrew Lang included it, somewh ...

''. Participant of the KinderFilmFest program at the 1985

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Plot

A bunch of paintings come to life and one of them proceeds to tell the story. A princess ran away from her courtly life, disguising herself in the skin of a

donkey The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine. It derives from the African wild ass, ''Equus africanus'', and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, ''Equus africanus asinus'', or as a separate species, ''Equus asinus''. It was domes ...

that excreted

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coins. When a prince sees her dressed like a princess, he tries to find out who she is.

Cast

Vladimir Etush Vladimir Abramovich Etush (6 May 19229 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor of Jewish descent. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Biography He was born on 6 May 1922 in Moscow into a Jewish family. Father - Abram Shak ...

: King Gaston IX *

Svetlana Nemolyaeva Svetlana Vladimirovna Nemolyaeva (; born 18 April 1937) is a Soviet and Russian actress of film and theatre. She is the widow of Alexander Lazarev.(29 July 2012)Светлана Немоляева: «Пережить смерть Саши в о� ...

: Queen Gorgette * Vera Novikova: Princess Theresa * Aleksandr Galibin: Prince Jacques *

Zinoviy Gerdt Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (21 September 191618 November 1996), known by the pseudonym Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt, was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1990. Biography Early life and education Ger ...

: Poet Laureate to King Gaston IX *

Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (; ; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1972). Biography Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (or Peltzer) born into the family ...

: Wicked Fairy *Valentina Panina: Good Fairy * Nikolai Karachentsov: Robber Burabo * Lyudmila Makarova: Madame Burabo *Sergei Parshin: Redhead *Boris Arakelov: Gendarme *Aleksandr Domashov: Dandy *Sergey Filippov: Courtier *Sergei Ivanov: Courtier *Mariya Barabanova: Blind Old Woman

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* 1982 films 1980s children's fantasy films 1980s fantasy comedy films 1980s romantic fantasy films 1982 romantic comedy films 1980s Soviet films 1980s Russian-language films Films based on fairy tales Films based on works by Charles Perrault Soviet children's fantasy films Soviet fantasy comedy films Soviet romantic comedy films Romantic fantasy films Films directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova Russian-language romantic comedy films Works based on Donkeyskin {{fantasy-film-stub