The Snow Maiden (1952)
- Original title
- Снегурочка
- Directed by
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano
- Genre
- fairy tale, fantasy film, musical film, children's film, Christmas film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The Snow Maiden is a Russian animated fairy tale. A young woman who is the daughter of Spring and Frost longs to live among humans. She is given the ability to love but it comes with a tragic cost.
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What happens
The Snow Maiden (Russian: Снегу́рочка; tr.:Snegurochka) is a 1952 Soviet/Russian traditionally animated feature film. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the 1873 Slavic-pagan play of the same name by Aleksandr Ostrovsky (itself largely based on traditional folk tales). Music from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's 1882 opera The Snow Maiden is used, arranged for the film by L. Shvarts. The animated film was shown at movie theaters. The film is listed as being in the public domain on the website of the Russian Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography. [1] The film also lapsed into the public domain in the United States when its US copyright expired, but the copyright was restored under the GATT treaty. [2] Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden), the daughter of Spring the Beauty (Весна-Красна) and Ded Moroz, yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like the Slavic god-shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love. Her mother takes pity and gives her this ability, but as soon as she falls in love, her heart warms up and she melts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Snegurochka (2006)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.