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The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights

1951 · 30 min

A classic fairy-tale animation with a somber, earnest tone and simple, storybook charm.

Overview
Animated film based on the story of Alexander Pushkin. The new king's wife wants to get rid of their stepdaughter and expels it to certain death in the forest. Princess finds refuge in the forest in the seven bogatyrs. The queen, finds out about it and poisons her...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • found family
  • death
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism2
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
animation, family, fantasy, adventure
Directed by
Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Written by
Yury Olesha, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Starring
Galina Novozhilova, Aleksey Konsovskiy, Mariya Babanova, Anatoliy Solovyov, Mikhail Nazvanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Mikhail Troyanovsky, Nikolay Litvinov
Music
Yuriy Nikolskiy
Cinematography
Nikolay Voinov
Runtime
30 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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