Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.
Release Date | May 13, 1940 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Василиса Прекрасная | |
Runtime | 1h 12min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | Russian | |
Original Language | Russian | |
Production Countries | Soviet Union | |
Production Companies | Soyuzdetfilm |