Kashchey the Immortal (film)

Kashchey the Immortal (Russian: Кащей Бессмертный, romanized: Kashchey bessmertnyy) is a 1945 black and white Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and produced at Soyuzdetfilm Studios. The story and characters are drawn from Slavic folklore, particularly, evil wizard Kashchey, who is the main antagonist in the movie.[1]

Kashchey the Immortal
Directed byAleksandr Rou
Written byVladimir Shveitser
Aleksandr Rou
StarringSergei Stolyarov
Georgy Millyar
Music bySergei Pototsky
CinematographyMikhail Kirillov
Production
company
Release date
1945
Running time
63 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Allegory

Filmed during the Second World War and premiered on Victory Day, it may be interpreted as an allegory of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.[2] "Like a bolt from the blue came Kashchey to Rus, destroyed our houses and livelihood, killed men and kidnapped women by the thousands."[3] But in the end, after many hardships, the Russian people manage to drive the invader out of their homeland.[4]

Cast
  • Sergei Stolyarov as Nikita Kozhemyaka
  • Alexander Shirshov as Bulat Balagur
  • Galina Grigorieva as Maria Morevna
  • Georgy Millyar as Kashchey the Immortal / magician
  • Ivan Ryzhov as naughty boy
  • Sergei Troitsky as sultan
  • Leonid Krovitsky as judge
  • Sergey Filippov as executioner
  • Peter Galadzhev as guard
  • Ivan Bobrov as guard
  • Emmanuil Geller as guard
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gollark: It's not even during lessons. It's during *break* that they recently banned them.
gollark: (Not actual quote)
gollark: "We have amazing devices allowing us to access much of society's knowledge and compute problems intractable as of a century ago and contact anyone else with one instantly but someone misused them so they're banned."
gollark: Also, my school banned use of phones at lunch/break for some stupid reason recently.

References
  1. megabook.ru
  2. russiancinema.ru
  3. "kinoros.ru". Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  4. svr.tv-on-line.eu


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