The Little Princess (1997 film)

The end of the XIX century . On one of those cloudy days when a thick and heavy fog hangs over London , a cab rides through the city streets. This is returning from India for a long time there captain Kru and his little daughter Sarah.

Sarah is unlike other children, she always thinks and dreams of something unusual. Sarah's mother died very early, and her father, leaving for service again, leaves the girl to be raised in a boarding school for noble maidens Miss Minchin.

Suddenly, just on Sarah’s birthday, the sad news comes from India - Captain Crewe died. Attitude to Sarah, who used to be a beloved student, is changing dramatically. From a luxury apartment, she is sent to the attic and made into a servant, the same as her new friend Becky.

After some time, Mr. Carinsford, a close friend of Ralph Crew and his colleague in the excavation of diamond copies, comes from India. He and his servant Ram Dass long sought Sarah and eventually found.

They become owners of diamond placers. Now Sarah is again a very rich girl. However, she remained still sweet and kind to all around.

Christmas is coming. Sarah invites everyone to the feast. Miss Minchin tries to dissuade her sister Miss Amelia and the pupils from going there, but in the end even her beloved dog, tired of her evil character, runs away to the celebration to Sarah.

• Nastya Meskova - Sarah Kru
• Alla Demidova - Miss Maria Mincin, owner of a girls' boarding house
• Igor Yasulovich - Carinsford, a close friend of Ralph Crew
• Egor Grammatikov - Captain Kru
• Anna Terekhova - Miss Amelia Mincin
• Lyanka Gryu (as Lyana Ilnitskaya) - Becky
• Katya Mikhailovskaya - Ermengarda
• Sofia Timchenko - Lotti
• Masha Mashkova - Lavinia
• Olesya Tretyakova - Annie, Miss Brown's Assistant
• Anya Dyakina - Jesse
• Viktor Yanykov - Barrow Lawyer
• Evgeny Paramonov - lawyer Karmikel
• Stepan Demeter - Ram Dass, Hindu Servant
• Tatyana Aksyuta - Miss Brown, owner of a bakery
• Ekaterina Morozova - Marietta, teacher
• Vladimir Grammatikov - antique dealer
• Alexey Batalov - text from the author

• Script writer: Galina Arbuzova , Vladimir Zheleznikov
• Director: Vladimir Grammatikov
• Producers: Mikhail Litvak , Mikhail Zilberman
• Operator: Alexander Antipenko
• Artist: Konstantin Zagorsky
• Costume Designer: Regina Chomskaya
• Composer: Vladimir Davydenko
• Sound engineer: Mikhail Reznichenko
• Make-up artists: Nadezhda Nasekina, Vladimir Bolotnikov
• Second directors: Larisa Tchaikovskaya, Alexey Plugar
• Assistant Sound Engineer: Vladimir Litrovnik
• Make-up artist: Inessa Gorbunova
• Recording engineer: Vladimir Kuznetsov
• Recording music: Vladimir Vinogradov , Mikhail Mukhanov
• Music recorded in the studio of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
  • Conductor: Pavel Ovsyannikov

The film was shot in Yalta. According to the memoirs of Lyanka Gryu : “I wanted to get the role of a princess, but I was approved for Becky. I cried all night and told my mother that I would refuse filming. In response, my mother invited me to tell the director about this decision. It was probably funny from the side when the seven-year-old girl tried to explain to the director why she was giving up the role ... Grammatikov listened and seriously explained for half an hour why I should play Becky. And convinced. These shootings in Yalta became one of the most vivid memories for all my 24 years of work in the cinema ” ^[1]

• XVII IFF films for children in Moscow (1998) - prize "George the Victorious", actress Nastya Meskova - Big gold medal.
• Nika Award (1998) for Best Cinematography - Alexandra Antipenko ^[2]

• Little Princess at the Internet Movie Database