KASHCHEY THE IMMORTAL
Symposium
A fairy tale beginning with a barbaric attack by black knights on an idyllic Russian village. A mushroom man guides the hero Nikita into the realm of the allegedly immortal bone-man Kashchey, who has abducted the beautiful Mariya, Nikita’s fiancée. Nikita flies on a magic carpet to Kashchey’s palace, where he liberates Mariya and conquers Kashchey in a duel reminiscent of scenes in Eisenstein’s ALEKSANDR NEVSKY. Combining self-ironical sequences with deep faith in the inevitability of Russian victory over foreign (vulgo: German) barbarians, the film translates various fairy-tale motifs – Russian, oriental, German – into impressive fantasy-animation elements.
Kaščej Bessmertnyj / Der unsterbliche Kaščej
USSR 1944 / 63 min
Director: Aleksandr Rou
- Screenplay: Aleksandr Rou,Vladimir Švejcer
- Cinematographer: Michail Kirillov
- Editor: K. Vlinova
- Music: Sergej Potockij
- Cast: Aleksandr Širšov,Georgij Milljar,Sergej Stoljarov,Galina Grigor´eva,Sergej Filippov
- Production Company: Sojusdetfilm
A fairy tale beginning with a barbaric attack by black knights on an idyllic Russian village. A mushroom man guides the hero Nikita into the realm of the allegedly immortal bone-man Kashchey, who has abducted the beautiful Mariya, Nikita’s fiancée. Nikita flies on a magic carpet to Kashchey’s palace, where he liberates Mariya and conquers Kashchey in a duel reminiscent of scenes in Eisenstein’s ALEKSANDR NEVSKY. Combining self-ironical sequences with deep faith in the inevitability of Russian victory over foreign (vulgo: German) barbarians, the film translates various fairy-tale motifs – Russian, oriental, German – into impressive fantasy-animation elements.
- Screenplay: Aleksandr Rou,Vladimir Švejcer
- Cinematographer: Michail Kirillov
- Editor: K. Vlinova
- Music: Sergej Potockij
- Cast: Aleksandr Širšov,Georgij Milljar,Sergej Stoljarov,Galina Grigor´eva,Sergej Filippov
- Production Company: Sojusdetfilm