The Scarlet Flower

Jun 5, 1952

0h 42m

★ 6.6

Overview

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest (Nastenka) asks her father to bring her a beautiful scarlet flower like one which she saw in her dreams. Her elder sisters laugh at this simple wish. The father's trip is successful and he finds everything that he came for, with the exception of Nastenka's scarlet flower. Nevertheless, the ship heaves off and they begin to head back while the father scans the lands around him for a scarlet flower.

Genres

Animation

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

Soyuzmultfilm

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Cast

Lyubava (voice)

Mariya Babanova

Stepan Emelyanovich (voice)

Nikolai Bogolyubov

Kondrat (voice)

Vladimir Gribkov

Nastenka (voice)

Nina Krachkovskaya

Gordeya (voice)

Olga Chepurova

Beast / Prince (voice)

Aleksey Konsovskiy

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