The Princess on a Pea

1977 film

Hans Christian Andersen
Feliks Mironer

Starring

Andrey Podoshian
Irina Malysheva
Innokentiy Smoktunovsky
Alisa Freindlikh
Irina Yurevich

Cinematography

Aleksandr Machilsky
Vyacheslav Yegorov

Edited byNina VasilyevaMusic byAntonio Vivaldi

Production
company

Gorky Film Studio

Release date

1977 (1977)

Running time

89 min.CountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

The Princess on a Pea (Russian: Принцесса на горошине, romanized: Printsessa na goroshine) is a 1977 Soviet children's fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Based on the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. When the time came for the prince to get married, an announcement appeared on the gate of the palace: A princess is required. But the prince did not wait for the visit and set off in search of himself. Going around a great many lands, the prince returned home, where he soon found the one he was dreaming of.^[4]

Cast

Irina Malysheva as the Princess on a Pea
Andrey Podoshian as Prince (as Andrey Podoshyan)
Irina Yurevich First Princess
Innokenty Smoktunovsky as King
Alisa Freindlikh as Queen
Marina Livanova Second Princess
Yuri Chekulayev as First King
Aleksandr Kalyagin as Second King
Vasiliy Kupriyanov as Swineherd
Igor Kvasha as Troll
Svetlana Orlova as Third Princess
Viktor Sergachyov as Herald
Irina Murzaeva as marquise
Yevgeny Steblov as poet
Vladimir Zeldin as Chief Hofmeister^[5]

Awards

Special jury prize of the X All-Union Film Festival in Riga for creative efforts in the development of the fairy tale genre (Boris Rytsarev)^[6]

References

^ Ушла из жизни Марина Ливанова
^ Умерла актриса Марина Ливанова
^ Российский национальный оркестр отмечает своё 20-летие. Афиша с Григорием Заславским
^ Принцесса на горошине at the kinopoisk.ru
^ Принцесса на горошине (1977) Full Cast & Crew
^ Борис Рыцарев на сайте kino-teatr.ru