Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
Directed by	Alexander Rou
Written by	Mikhail Chuprin; Aleksandr Rowe
Based on	The Tale of Tsar Berendey by Vasily Zhukovsky
Starring	Mikhail Pugovkin; Georgy Millyar; Anatoly Kubatsky
Cinematography	Dmitri Surensky
Edited by	Kseniya Blinova
Music by	Arkadi Filippenko
Production; company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	30 December 1970;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (Russian: Варвара-краса, длинная коса, romanized: Varvara-krasa, dlinnaya kosa) is a 1970 Soviet fantasy film directed by Alexander Rou and based on the fairy tale ''The Tale of Tsar Berendey'' [ru] by Vasily Zhukovsky.^[1]

The film premiered December 30, 1970.^[2]

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

Mikhail Pugovkin as tsar Yeremei (the king)
Georgy Millyar as Chudo-Yudo (slavic monster, the underwater king)
Anatoly Kubatsky as Afonya, dyak
Aleksei Katyshev as Andrey, son of a fisherman
Sergei Nikolaev as Andrey, the tsar's son
Tatiana Klyueva as Varvara-beauty, daughter of Chudo-Yudo
Varvara Popova as Stepanida, nanny^[3]
Most real pirates:
- Alexander Khvylya as Duc de la Bull
- Lev Potyomkin as Marquis de la Kis
- Arkady Zinman as Baron de la Pig
- Isaac Leongarov as Viscount de la Dog
Boris Sichkin as Groom-prestidigitator
Valentina Ananina 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.

References

^ "Варвара-краса, длинная коса". Государственный регистр фильмов. Министерство Культуры Российской Федерации. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
^ Варвара-краса, длинная коса
^ Варвара Попова

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[1] "Варвара-краса, длинная коса". Государственный регистр фильмов. Министерство Культуры Российской Федерации. Archived from the original on 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

[2] Варвара-краса, длинная коса

[3] Варвара Попова

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