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The Wild Swans (1962)

The Wild Swans poster
Original title
Дикие лебеди
Directed by
Vera Tsekhanovskaya, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, children's film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
57 min
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A princess must break a spell that turned her brothers into swans. She endures hardship and stays silent to save them.

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What happens

The Wild Swans (Russian: Дикие лебеди, Dikiye lebedi) is a 1962 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the husband-and-wife team of Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya. The film is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. Unusual for Soviet films of this period, and especially for animated films, it was produced in widescreen. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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