Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair

85 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (Russian: Варвара-краса, длинная коса, romanized: Varvara-krasa, dlinnaya kosa) is a 1970 Soviet fantasy film directed by Alexander Rou and based on the fairy tale ''The Tale of Tsar Berendey'' [ru] by Vasily Zhukovsky.^[1]

The film premiered December 30, 1970.^[2]

Plot

Once upon a time there was a king Yeremei. He went to the annual campaign to make an inventory of his kingdom-state. He leaned over once to the well to drink, but immediately grabbed by the underwater tsar Chudo - Yudo. Demanded a ransom for the release - such as Jeremiah did not know or wondered what it is in his kingdom. The king agreed, not knowing that in the absence of the queen gave birth to a son.

Cast

• Mikhail Pugovkin as tsar Yeremei (the king)
• Georgy Millyar as Chudo-Yudo (slavic monster, the underwater king)
• Anatoly Kubatsky as Afonya, dyak
• Aleksei Katyshev as Andrey, son of a fisherman
• Sergei Nikolaev as Andrey, the tsar's son
• Tatiana Klyueva as Varvara-beauty, daughter of Chudo-Yudo
• Varvara Popova as Stepanida, nanny^[3]
• Most real pirates:
  • Alexander Khvylya as Duc de la Bull
  • Lev Potyomkin as Marquis de la Kis
  • Arkady Zinman as Baron de la Pig
  • Isaac Leongarov as Viscount de la Dog
• Boris Sichkin as Groom-prestidigitator
• Valentina Ananina as fisherwoman
• Vera Altayskaya as starushka-veselushka (old lady jester)
• Anastasia Zuyeva as narrator

Interesting facts

• The shooting took place on the banks of the Moscow River, near the Pioneer Camp Mirny, the name of Sergei Kirov (at Moscow Institute of Thermal), located near the village of Anikovo village of Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast.

References

External links

• Varvara-beauty, long braid at IMDb
• «Варвара-краса, длинная коса» (рецензия)