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Sleeping Beauty (1949 film) (1949)

Sleeping Beauty (1949 film) poster
Original title
Prinsessa Ruusunen
Directed by
Edvin Laine
Genre
fantasy film, children's film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
S
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A princess is cursed by an old fairy to fall into a deep sleep on her sixteenth birthday. A prince must find and wake her with true love's kiss.

whimsicalfairy-taleold-fashionedgentlefantasticalmusicalromantic

What happens

Sleeping Beauty (Finnish: Prinsessa Ruusunen) is a Finnish family fantasy film made in 1949, directed by Edvin Laine and produced by T. J. Särkkä. Tuula Usva plays the titular role, the king is played by the director's brother Aarne Laine and the queen by the director's wife Mirjam Novero. The film is based on Sleeping Beauty by the Brothers Grimm and also the play written by Zachris Topelius based on the Grimm's fairy tale. Leo Lehto won the 1949 Jussi Awards category of the best scenery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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