Frosty (1965)

A fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Director:

Aleksandr Rou

Writers:

Nikolay Erdman, Mikhail Volpin

Stars:

Aleksandr Khvylya, Natalya Sedykh, Eduard Izotov

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksandr Khvylya	...	Morozko / Jack Frost
Natalya Sedykh	...	Nastenka
Eduard Izotov	...	Ivan
Inna Churikova	...	Marfusha
Pavel Pavlenko	...	Father
Vera Altayskaya	...	Stepmother
Georgiy Millyar	...	Baba Yaga (The Witch)
Mikhail Yanshin	...	Old Mushroom
Galina Borisova	...	Old Mushroom
Anatoliy Kubatskiy	...	Bandit Chieftain
Valentin Bryleev	...	Eligible Bachelor
Tatyana Pelttser	...	Eligible Bachelor's Mother
Tatyana Barysheva	...	Matchmaker
Varvara Popova	...	Old Woman
Zinaida Vorkul	...	Ivan's Mother

Storyline

Once upon a time there was a kind and quiet old man with a grumpy and domineering old woman. The old man had his own daughter - a modest, beautiful and hard-working Nastya, and the old woman had her own - envious, couch potato, and the plain woman Marfushka. Once in the forest, Nastya meets her fate, a young man Ivan, whose beauty and power conquered a lot of girlish hearts. But pride and rudeness played a cruel joke with him - in front of the frightened Nastenka, the forest sorcerer turns Ivan's beautiful face into a bearish face. So he stayed on until he learns to do good deeds.

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Plot Keywords:

russia | father frost | baba yaga | hag | hut on chicken legs | 

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Taglines:

Fabulous Winter-Time Wonder-Maker!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The English-dubbed version of this film was used for an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" under the title "Jack Frost".

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Goofs

The bow and arrow is on a different rock to which it was on originally, when Ivan goes and picks it up.

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Quotes

Singer #1: [singing] Oh, you dear boy, Ivan. Come to meet me at the gate! I got a brand-new sarafan, all of silk and lace it's made!
Singer #2: [singing] Vania, Vania, wait a bit, where have you been to? Don't pass by, we must meet. Look into my window!
Group of Singers: [singing] Please, Ivan, don't leave forever, on the porch we'll sit together. Of an apple, take a bite, we'll be talking, side by side.

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Crazy Credits

There are no closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in MenT: Poslední video v roce 2012 + FAQ (2012)

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Soundtracks

Humorous Folk Song

User Reviews

Wow, what a misunderstanding!

For all of you, who think this movie is stupid, just because it doesn´t fit into your watching habits:

Is it bizarre? Of course it is, but check these really old German, French or English tales and legends. I wonder what you´d say to the original Brothers Grimm collection. I think that´s also the problem with understanding, the people of America simply don´t have this part of culture, because it comes directly from the medieval age.

The story has its roots so far away, so deep in the Slav history, that if Hollywood would like to make something comparable, they´d have to steal the story from some ancient native American tribe.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

September 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Crystal Star

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1