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The Little Mermaid

Original title: Rusalochka
  • 19681968
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
474
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The Little Mermaid (1968)
AnimationShortFamily
Based on the fairy tale by Andersen. A film about love and friendship. The little mermaid falls in love with a handsome prince and saves him from death. To be with him, the Little Mermaid lo... Read allBased on the fairy tale by Andersen. A film about love and friendship. The little mermaid falls in love with a handsome prince and saves him from death. To be with him, the Little Mermaid loses her voice in exchange for a human form.Based on the fairy tale by Andersen. A film about love and friendship. The little mermaid falls in love with a handsome prince and saves him from death. To be with him, the Little Mermaid loses her voice in exchange for a human form.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
474
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    • Ivan Aksenchuk
    • Hans Christian Andersen(fairy tale)
    • Aleksandr Galich
  • Stars
    • Nina Gulyaeva(voice)
    • Anatoliy Papanov(voice)
    • Vladimir Troshin(voice)
    • Ivan Aksenchuk
    • Hans Christian Andersen(fairy tale)
    • Aleksandr Galich
  • Stars
    • Nina Gulyaeva(voice)
    • Anatoliy Papanov(voice)
    • Vladimir Troshin(voice)
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    • 6User reviews
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    Nina Gulyaeva
    • The Little Mermaid
    • (voice)
    Anatoliy Papanov
    Anatoliy Papanov
    • The Guide
    • (voice)
    Vladimir Troshin
    Vladimir Troshin
      Viktoriya Ivanova
      • The Little Mermaid
      • (singing voice)
      Yuliya Yulskaya
      • The Sea Witch
      • (voice)
      Lidiya Korolyova
      Lidiya Korolyova
      • The Fish Guide
      • (voice)
      Roza Makagonova
      Roza Makagonova
        Yuliy Fayt
        Yuliy Fayt
          • Ivan Aksenchuk
          • Hans Christian Andersen(fairy tale)
          • Aleksandr Galich
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        • Trivia
          The song of the little mermaid, "Your poor ship is gone into the sea", by lyrics of Aleksandr Galich was sung by the well-known chamber singer Viktoriya Ivanova.
        • Connections
          Referenced in Super Why!: The Little Mermaid (2008)

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        10/10
        probably the best script for Little Mermaid I have ever seen
        This animation is quite unusual in my opinion. The graphic is not standard for Soyuzmultfilm of 1960-th. I think in those times it was innovation. It reminded me surrealism and cubism in art to some extend. The picture is painted by triangles, curls, squares mixed with traditional images animation. So when you watch it sometimes it looks like a big moving quilt application on cloth.

        There is introduction into story and epilogue, which are painted in completely different manner. And I liked it from both sides: from the point of how it was made, and from the point of what it was about. Introduction from modern time into the times of Andersen is splendid. The phrase about absence of true love in the world is a masterpiece.

        I agree with the previous comment from Armenia about closeness of this short animation to what Andersen really meant in his story. "The little mermaid" is the story of unbelievably true love and strikingly great sacrifice. So I was happy to see that original intentions and original text of Andersen was not amended to please children's audience with happy-end. I cried watching it.
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        • darima
        • Dec 5, 2009

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          • 1968 (Soviet Union)
          • Soviet Union
          • Russian
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