The Stone Flower
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The Stone Flower is a 1946 Soviet fantasy film
directed by Aleksandr Ptushko
. It was the Soviet Union
's first color film shot on AgfaColor negative film seized in Germany, and was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival
. It was based on a folk tale as told by Pavel Bazhov
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Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
directed by Aleksandr Ptushko
Aleksandr Ptushko
Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko is a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. Ptushko is frequently referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis...
. It was the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
's first color film shot on AgfaColor negative film seized in Germany, and was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival
1946 Cannes Film Festival
The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from September 20 to October 5, 1946.- Jury :*Georges Huisman *Iris Barry *Beaulieu *Antonin Brousil *J.H.J...
. It was based on a folk tale as told by Pavel Bazhov
Pavel Bazhov
Pavel Petrovich Bazhov was a Russian writer.Bazhov is best known for his collection of fairy-tale stories The Malachite Casket , based on the Urals folklore and published in the Soviet Union in 1939. In 1944, the translation of the collection into English was published in New York and London...
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Cast
- Vladimir DruzhnikovVladimir DruzhnikovVladimir Druzhnikov was a Soviet actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1945 and 1992.-Selected filmography:* The Great Glinka * The Stone Flower * Ballad of Siberia...
- Danilo - Yekaterina Derevshchikova - Katinka
- Tamara MakarovaTamara MakarovaTamara Makarova was a Soviet actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1927 and 1984. She was married to the Soviet film director Sergei Gerasimov.-Selected filmography:* Somebody Else's Coat * The Deserter * The Stone Flower...
- The Queen of Copper Hill - Mikhail Troyanovsky - Prokopych
- L. Deikun
- Aleksandr Kleberer - The Old Storyteller
- V. Kravchenko - Young Danilo
- Nikolai Orlov
- A. Petukhova
- N. Temyakov
- Mikhail Yanshin - Severyan
- S. Zaytsev