"Forest Princess" - feature film of 2004 .
| Forest Princess | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | fairy tale |
| Producer | Alexander Basov Teymuraz Esadze |
| Producer | Vitaly Sidorenko |
| Author script | Teymuraz Esadze |
| In the main cast | Maria Kulikova Nikolai Machulsky Yuri Nazarov Vladimir Simonov |
| Operator | Alexander Garibyan |
| Composer | Alexander Gusev Vladimir Pankov SounDrama Studio |
| Film company | Foreshortening |
| Duration | 94 minutes |
| A country |  Russia |
| Tongue | Russian |
| Year | 2004 |
| IMDb | ID 0459440 |
Story
A film with traditional heroes of Russian fairy tales. Ivan Tsarevich fell in love with forest princess Marya . But dark forces interfere with their happiness: the cunning and envious Ivanov brothers Fedor and Vasily and the evil spirits living in the Maryina forest: Baba Yaga , Leshiy , Kot Bayun and others.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Maria Kulikova | Marya, forest princess |
| Nikolai Machulsky (debut role) | Ivan, the youngest son of the king |
| Yuri Nazarov | King Guryan |
| Vladimir Simonov | imperial adviser |
| Sergey Pinchuk | Fedor, brother of Ivan |
| Anton Kukushkin | Vasily, brother of Ivan |
| Sergey Barkovsky | Kaback Tereben |
| Vladimir Pankov | Parsley / Alive-man / blind man / night watchman / oprichnik |
| Michael Police | merchant |
| Victor Sergachev | goblin |
| Galina Moryocheva | Baba Yaga |
| Konstantin Chepurin | young king |
| Alexander Samoilov | governor |
| Diana Shpak | little girl |
| Rush Wiberg | Antip / First comer (voiced by Rogvold Sukhoverko ) |
| Ekaterina Lapina | Marfutka, maid |
| Dalvin Shcherbakov | Swat Nahum |
| Artyom Smola (Artyom Proshenko) | second buffoon |
| Vitaly Grebennikov | third buffoon |
| Anastasia Savosina (debut role) | Blue eye |
| Oleg Zabolotny | clerk |
| Dmitry Martynov | homeless |
| Karina Ivanova | episode |
Filming
The shooting took place in the Russian North in the Museum-Reserve of Old Russian Architecture "Small Korely" in the village of Small Karely (near Arkhangelsk ), several episodes were filmed on the White Sea in Severodvinsk .
At the same time, it was noted by critics that “Nature appears not only as a backdrop to action, but sometimes it grows to an independent image” [1] .
The "battlefield" was filmed near the village of Llava on the banks of the Llava river (the right tributary of the Northern Dvina), and the role of "33 heroes" was played by local border guards from the barracks of the Uprising in Arkhangelsk [2] .
Criticism
“Forest Princess” impresses the viewer from the first frames, from the first sounds: an application for colorfulness, richness, some amazing breadth and fullness of the frame, for a high-volume sound. The picture was a success, both because this genre is a rarity today, and because we finally got a real film for family viewing.
- Vladimir Portnov - former editor-in-chief of the journal Vneshkolnik, editor-in-chief of the journal Students. Dialogues on education ”, an article review of the film in the Literary Newspaper [1]
The wonderful fairy tale with unforgettable music by Soundrama Studio was the result of the hard work of Vladimir Pankov and his colleagues, who roamed around villages and villages, collected folklore and searched for new musical instruments. Therefore, this is not only a fairy tale, but also a study of our past through the prism of folk tales. The most remarkable character can be considered the cat Bayun , which looks very atypical for Russian cinema.
- Cinema-theater.ru [3]
“Forest Princess” is, first of all, an attempt to modernize, resurrect, the Russian epic for a young audience. A dynamic and even mystical plot of one of the strangest folk tales “Go there - I don’t know where” is hidden behind the meow facade in the style of Rowe .
- Victor Ilyukhin [4]
We admit a mistake. When our magazine launched the “Return the Fairy Tale to Children” campaign, in which we are trying to raise the question of the revival of Russian children's cinema, we claimed that for 20 years we have not had a single film for kids. But, as it turned out, this is not at all true. It turned out that there was a film and it was released relatively recently (filmed in 2004), and was released in 2005. And it is called "Lesnaya Tsarevna".
- Editorial board of the magazine “ Wunderkind ” [5]
Prizes and Festivals
- Grand Prix - VII International Film Festival for Children "Fairy Tale", 2005 (Moscow).
- Grand Prix at the International Festival for Children and Youth “Filmak”, 2005 (Czech Republic).
- Second prize at the International Festival "Moscow Premiere", 2005 (Moscow).
- Nominee of the film festival for children and youth " Schlingel ", 2005 (Germany). [6]
- Gratitude of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation for his contribution to the development of children's cinema.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Vladimir Portnov - “Good fellows lesson”. "Forest Princess" went into the city. (article review of the film in the Literary Newspaper , issue 21-22, 2005)
- ↑ Alexey Krupin - “Forest Princess” was filmed near Arkhangelsk // Pravda Severa, April 16, 2005
- ↑ Russian means rare: we celebrate the Day of Russian cinema // Kino-teatron.ru , August 27, 2015
- ↑ "Forest Princess" in the struggle for Russian identity
- ↑ Return the fairy tale to the children! Part VI. We admit a mistake! // Wunderkind Magazine January 25, 2012
- ↑ Forest Princess // Schlingel Official Film Festival Site
Links
- Vladimir Portnov - "Good fellows lesson." "Forest Princess" went into the city. (article review of the film in the Literary Newspaper , issue 21-22, 2005)
- "Forest Princess" on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- Forest Princess on the Internet Movie Database
- New Russian-Slavic fairy tale with Hollywood effects
- Max Milian - Forest "walking through the throes" // Cinema-theater.ru