The Scarlet Flower (1977)
"Alenkiy tsvetochek" (original title)

Lev Durov is a merchant, living in a fairytale Russia of hundreds of years ago. When he is making a journey to market, his three daughters each ask for a present to be brought back. But a ... See full summary »

Director:

Irina Povolotskaya

Writers:

Sergey Aksakov (story), Natalya Ryazantseva

Stars:

Marina Ilyichyova, Lev Durov, Alla Demidova

Cast

Credited cast:
Marina Ilyichyova	...	Aljona
Lev Durov	...	Merchant
Alla Demidova	...	Auberin
Aleksey Chernov	...	Old Man
Aleksandr Abdulov	...	Prince
Valentin Gneushev
Olga Korytkovskaya	...	Arina
Yelena Vodolazova
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valentin Gneuschov	...	Jegorka
Yelena Vodolasova	...	Akulina

Storyline

Lev Durov is a merchant, living in a fairytale Russia of hundreds of years ago. When he is making a journey to market, his three daughters each ask for a present to be brought back. But a magic spell is cast on him, and they need to go and find him. In doing so, one falls in love with a tree-spirit, who turns out to be an enchanted prince...

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Plot Keywords:

tree spirit | russia | witch | fairy tale

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Release Date:

1977 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

The Scarlet Flower

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Skazka o kupecheskoy docheri i tainstvennom tsvetke (1991)

User Reviews

Limp Russian fairytale

A film based on a variant of the fable of the beauty and the beast, it never really grips the imagination, with weak use of special effects and lame characterisations.

The colour is poor and the sense of being in the depths of the forest, prey to spirits and magic spells, is never really captured.