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The Snow Queen (1967)

The Snow Queen poster
Original title
Снежная королева
Directed by
Gennady Kazansky
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
0
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The Snow Queen kidnaps a boy named Kai and freezes his heart. His friend Gerda sets out on a long journey to rescue him from the queen's icy palace.

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What happens

The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева, romanized: Snezhnaya koroleva) is a Soviet 1967 fantasy drama film, directed by Gennadi Kazansky and based on the eponymous 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. On a frosty winter evening, the Snow Queen kidnaps Kai and turns his heart into a piece of ice. Gerda, wishing to return Kai home goes to search for him. She experiences many trials to get to the Snow Queen's palace and to retrieve Kai from icy captivity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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