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The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984 film)
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The Tale of Tsar Saltan is a 1984
Soviet
traditionally-animated
feature film
directed by Lev Milchin
and Ivan Ivanov-Vano
and produced at the Soyuzmultfilm
studio. It is an adaptation of the poem of the same name
by Aleksandr Pushkin
. There are few words in the film besides those of the poem itself, which is read from beginning to end by the narrator and the voice actors. Some portions of the poem are skipped.
1984 in film
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Soviet
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
traditionally-animated
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
directed by Lev Milchin
Lev Milchin
Lev Isaakovich Milchin was a Soviet animated film director, art director and painter. He was also a pedagogue and Honoured Artist of the RSFSR.He was a prototype for the main character for Film, Film, Film.- Selected filmography :...
and Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation"....
and produced at the Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...
studio. It is an adaptation of the poem of the same name
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan is an 1831 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin, written after the Russian fairy tale edited by Vladimir Dahl...
by Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature....
. There are few words in the film besides those of the poem itself, which is read from beginning to end by the narrator and the voice actors. Some portions of the poem are skipped.
Creators
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Directors | Lev Milchin Lev Milchin Lev Isaakovich Milchin was a Soviet animated film director, art director and painter. He was also a pedagogue and Honoured Artist of the RSFSR.He was a prototype for the main character for Film, Film, Film.- Selected filmography :... Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".... |
Лев Мильчин Иван Иванов-Вано |
| Scenario | Lev Milchin Lev Milchin Lev Isaakovich Milchin was a Soviet animated film director, art director and painter. He was also a pedagogue and Honoured Artist of the RSFSR.He was a prototype for the main character for Film, Film, Film.- Selected filmography :... Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".... |
Лев Мильчин Иван Иванов-Вано |
| Art directors | Lev Milchin Lev Milchin Lev Isaakovich Milchin was a Soviet animated film director, art director and painter. He was also a pedagogue and Honoured Artist of the RSFSR.He was a prototype for the main character for Film, Film, Film.- Selected filmography :... Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".... |
Лев Мильчин Иван Иванов-Вано |
| Artists | Irina Svetlitsa Igor Oleynikov Marina Ignatenko I. Troyanova V. Maksimovich T. Gerasimenko G. Stepanenko L. Alyokhina |
Ирина Светлица Игорь Олейников Марина Игнатенко И. Троянова В. Максимович Т. Герасименко Г. Степаненко Л. Алёхина |
| Animators | Marina Rogova Nikolai Fyodorov Nikolay Petrovich Fyodorov Nikolay Petrovich Fyodorov was an animator at Soyuzmultfilm from the 1930s to the 1980s and director of a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s. He was co-director of the famous 1957 animated feature The Snow Queen.... Anatoliy Abarenko Andrei Ignatenko Vladimir Zarubin Yuriy Meshcheryakov Marina Voskanyants Antonina Alyoshina Aleksandr Panov Vladimir Krumin Sergei Avramov Viktor Likhachyov |
Марина Рогова Николай Фёдоров Анатолий Абаренов Андрей Игнатенко Владимир Зарубин Юрий Мещеряков Марина Восканьянц Антонина Алёшина Александр Панов Владимир Крумин Сергей Аврамов Виктор Лихачёв |
| Camera operator | Mikhail Druyan | Михаил Друян |
| Executive producer | Liliana Monakhova | Лилиана Монахова |
| Composer | Mikhail Meyerovich | Михаил Меерович |
| Sound operator | Boris Filchikov | Борис Фильчиков |
| Script editor | Raisa Frichinskaya | Раиса Фричинская |
| Voice actors | Mariya Vinogradova Mikhail Zimin Roman Filippov N. Boronina A. Pokrovskaya Lyudmila Ivanova Anastasiya Zuyeva Nikolai Grabbe Boris Novikov A. Zolotnitskiy |
Мария Виноградова Михаил Зимин Роман Филиппов Н. Боронина А. Покровская Людмила Иванова Анастасия Зуева Николай Граббе Борис Новиков А. Золотницкий |
| Narrator | Avangard Leontyev | Авангард Леонтьев |
| Editor | Nataliya Stepantseva | Наталия Степанцева |
See also
- History of Russian animationHistory of Russian animationThe History of Russian animation is very rich, but is so far a nearly unexplored field for Western film theory and history. As most of Russia's production of animation for film|cinema and television was created during Soviet times, it may also be referred to as the History of Soviet...
- List of animated feature-length films
- List of films based on poems
External links
- The film at the Animator.ruAnimator.ruAnimator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and the CIS. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animators labour exchange...
(English and Russian) - The film at myltik.ru