Scarlet Sails (1961)
- Original title
- Алые паруса
- Directed by
- Aleksandr Ptushko
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, romance film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 29 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young girl is told by a mystic that a prince will one day sail to her on a ship with scarlet sails. She grows up believing this prophecy, enduring mockery and hardship, until her faith is tested. A sea captain hears of her story and decides to make it come true.
dreamlikehopefulromanticgentlewhimsicalnostalgicslow-pacedvisually lush
What happens
Scarlet Sails (Russian: Алые паруса, romanized: Alye parusa) is a 1961 Soviet romantic fantasy film produced by Mosfilm and directed by Alexandr Ptushko. It is based on Alexander Grin's 1923 romance novel of the same name and stars Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya. The story is a romantic fantasy and is described as a "fairy tale", though it contains no supernatural elements but two prophecies that came true. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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