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A Snow Fairy Tale (1960)

A Snow Fairy Tale poster
Original title
Снежная сказка
Directed by
Aleksey Sakharov
Genre
fantasy film, children's film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Mitya claims his clock can stop time and bring a snow woman to life. His classmates doubt him until his fantasies start coming true.

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What happens

A Snow Fairy Tale (Russian: Снежная сказка, romanized: Snezhnaya skazka) is a 1959 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksei Sakharov and Eldar Shengelaia. The film takes place before the New Year. The film tells about a boy-dreamer named Mitya, who is trying to convince his friends that his clock have an amazing ability to stop time and can revive a snow woman. Classmates do not believe Mitya, but suddenly his fantasies become reality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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