The Tale of Tsar Saltan

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)

Family Fantasy

Based on a famous fairy tale, in verse, by Alexander Pushkin, this ravishingly beautiful fantasy is about love, magic, betrayal and abandoned family. Driven from the Russian court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask with her infant son. Surviving the storm-tossed voyage, the mother and her now magically-adult son land on a remote island where he falls in love with a Swan Princess in human form, and longs for reunion with his estranged father, Tsar Saltan. Merchants come to the island with news of the tsar, and the prince sends word back to him, but the sisters continue their campaign of lies and trickery to keep them apart.

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  • Release Date: 1967-01-02
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Director: Aleksandr Ptushko

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Vladimir Andreyev

      Tsar Saltan

    • Larisa Golubkina

      Tsarina

    • Oleg Vidov

      Tsarevich Gvidon

    • Kseniya Ryabinkina

      Tsarevna Lebed

    • Sergei Martinson

      Opekun Saltana

    • Olga Viklandt

      Babarikha

    • Vera Ivleva

      Tkachikha

    • Nina Belyayeva

      Povarikha

    • Viktor Kolpakov

      Dyak

    • Yuri Chekulayev

      Spalnik

    • Valeriy Nosik

      Chelyadinets

    • Grigoriy Shpigel

      Gradopravitel

    • Evgeniy Maykhrovsky

      Shut

    • Viktor Uralsky

      Boyarin

    • Yakov Belenkiy

      1st Eastern Naval Captain

    • Boris Bityukov

      1st shipman/1st boyar

    • Sergei Golovanov

      2nd shipbuilder

    • Aleksandr Degtyar

      3rd shipbuilder

    • Artyom Karapetyan

      2nd Eastern Naval Shipbuilder

    • Yuriy Kireev

      4th shipbuilder

    • Grigory Mikhaylov

      5th shipbuilder

    • Mikhail Orlov

      6th shipmaster

    • Gurgen Tonunts

      3rd Eastern Sailor

    • Vladimir Ferapontov

      4th Eastern Navigator

    • Nikolai Barmin

      Chernomor

    • Sarra Mokil

      The Witch

    • Oleg Mokshantsev

      8th shipman/2nd boyar

    • Zoya Vasilkova

      Mother

    • Pavel Shalnov

      2nd Clerk

    • Mikhail Molokoyedov

      Gvidon as a child

    • Anatoly Alekseev

      Cupbearer (uncredited)

    • Valentina Ananina

      Mother (uncredited)

    • Elena Volskaya

    • Vitaly Kiselev

      Military commander (uncredited)

    • Zinaida Sorochinskaya

      Girl (uncredited)

    • Tamara Yarenko

      Mother (uncredited)