The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Overview

Driven from the court by her sisters' scheming, the young Tsarina is thrown into the sea in a cask with her infant son. Surviving the storm-tossed voyage, the mother and her now magically-adult son land on a remote island where he falls in love with a Swan Princess in human form, and longs for reunion with his estranged father, Tsar Saltan. Merchants come to the island with news of the tsar, and the prince sends word back to him, but the sisters continue their campaign of lies and trickery to keep them apart.

Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko

Top cast

Vladimir Andreyev

Tsar Saltan

Larisa Golubkina

Tsarina

Oleg Vidov

Tsarevich Gvidon

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Tsarevna Lebed

Sergei Martinson

Opekun Saltana

Olga Viklandt

Babarikha

Vera Ivleva

Tkachikha

Nina Belyayeva

Povarikha

Viktor Kolpakov

Dyak

Yuri Chekulayev

Spalnik

Valeriy Nosik

Chelyadinets

Grigoriy Shpigel

Gradopravitel

E

Evgeniy Maykhrovsky

Shut

Viktor Uralsky

Boyarin

Yakov Belenkiy

1st Eastern Naval Captain

Boris Bityukov

1st shipman/1st boyar

Sergei Golovanov

2nd shipbuilder

Aleksandr Degtyar

3rd shipbuilder

Artyom Karapetyan

2nd Eastern Naval Shipbuilder

Yuriy Kireev

4th shipbuilder

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