The Snow Queen (1957)

Original title

Снежная королева

Directed by

Nikolay Fyodorov, Lev Atamanov

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film, Christmas film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 03m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Gerda sets out on a long journey to rescue her friend Kai from the icy palace of the Snow Queen. She meets many strange characters along the way and must rely on her courage and love to break the Queen's spell.

whimsicalmelancholicdreamlikecoldmagicalatmosphericgentlenostalgic

What happens

The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева, romanized: Snezhnaya Koroleva) is a 1957 Soviet animated musical fantasy film directed by Lev Atamanov. It is the ninth full-length animated production by Soyuzmultfilm and is based on the 1844 fable "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film is one of the earliest cinematic adaptations of the Scandinavian Danish fable since its publication in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. The film was originally released in the Soviet Union on November 1, 1957. The film was re-released with an English soundtrack in 1959, 1993, and 1995. The film was translated into several major languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Finnish and Swedish. In 1959, at the height of the Cold War, Universal Pictures acquired the film for U.S. theatrical distribution (as the first animated film from Universal). In foreign dubbings of The Snow Queen, popular actors were cast to play most characters. The Snow Queen was voiced by Russian actress Maria Babanova. Vladimir Gribkov (ru), Yanina Zhejmo, Sergey Martinson and Anna Komolova (ru) also were part of the voice cast. The screenplay was written by Nikolai Erdman, Georgy Grebner (ru) and animation by Alexander Vinokurov (ru), Leonid Shvartsman, Elizabeth Komova, Vladimir Krumin and Fyodor Khitruk. After a 2007 Ghibli Museum Library release in Japan, an interview revealed that the dialogue, compositions, animation and themes of the film influenced Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. An HD film restoration re-release of The Snow Queen was published in Russia on 19 December 2020 by Soyuzmultfilm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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