How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder[a] (Russian: Как Иванушка-дурачок за чудом ходил; trans. Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil) is a 1977 Soviet fantasy film produced by Lenfilm studio, and directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova.[1]
| How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder | |
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| Directed by | Nadezhda Kosheverova |
| Screenplay by | Mikhail Volpin |
| Starring | Oleg Dal Elena Proklova Mikhail Gluzskiy Tatyana Pelttser |
| Cinematography | Eduard Rozovsky |
| Music by | Mieczysław Weinberg |
| Distributed by | Lenfilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
editIvanushka the fool meets a robber in the forest. After having a fight with him, Ivanushka brings the bag with stolen goods back to its original owner, a merchant named Marco the Rich. There he meets his daughter Nastya. They fell in love, but Marco the Rich does not want Ivanushka to marry his daughter, and decides to send a woman named Varvara to poison him.
Nastya gives Ivanushka a letter, in which she warns him of the danger. Varvara fails to poison the protagonist, and tells Ivanushka the truth. She suggests him to leave in secret, but returns and tells Marco the Rich that Ivanushka allegedly died. Hearing this, Nastya faints into a coma. Doctors say that only a miracle can save her. Ivanushka decides to go to Baba Yaga to seek advice, and she tells him to go to a wizard named Lukomor. Ivanushka embarks on a journey from thereon.
Cast
edit- Oleg Dahl as Ivanushka the Fool[2]
- Elena Proklova as Nastenka
- Mikhail Gluzskiy as Marko Bogatyi
- Tatyana Pelttser as Baba Varvara
- Vladimir Etush as Fakir
- Andrei Popov as Lukomor Lukomorich
- Aleksandr Benyaminov as Luka
- Mariya Barabanova as Baba Yaga
- Igor Dmitriev as the king[3]
- Mikhail Boyarskiy as Fyodor Ivanovich[4]
- Sergey Filippov as Zamorskiy lekar
- Boris Arakelov as the thief
- Aleksandr Afanasev as Sluga
- Gennadi Dyudyayev as Vasiliy
Notes
edit- ^ Ivanushka the Fool is an archetypal Russian Ivan the Fool
References
edit- ^ "Как Иванушка-дурачок за чудом ходил. Х/ф / Телеканал "Россия 1"". russia.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ^ "Печорин советского времени". www.sovsekretno.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (2009-04-28). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 115. ISBN 9780786434824.
- ^ "Боярский Михаил Сергеевич". Новости шоу-бизнеса России и мира, онлайн журнал (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-06-27.