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

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.

whimsicalmelancholicmusicalfolkloricbittersweetslowvisually stylizedpoeticcold

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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