Kashchey the Immortal (film)

Kashchey the Immortal
Directed by	Aleksandr Rou
Written by	Aleksandr Rou
Starring	Sergei Stolyarov Georgy Millyar
Cinematography	Mikhail Kirillov
Music by	Sergei Pototsky
Production company	Soyuzdetfilm
Release date	May 9, 1945 (1945-05-09) (Barnaul) May 27, 1945 (1945-05-27) (Soviet Union)
Running time	63 min
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Kashchey the Immortal (Russian: Кащей Бессмертный, romanized: Kashchey bessmertnyy) is a 1945 black and white Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou and produced at Soyuzdetfilm Studios. The story and characters are drawn from Slavic folklore, particularly, evil wizard Kashchey, who is the main antagonist in the movie.^[1]

Allegory[]

Filmed during the Second World War and premiered on Victory Day, it may be interpreted as an allegory of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.^[2] "Like a bolt from the blue came Kashchey to Rus, destroyed our houses and livelihood, killed men and kidnapped women by the thousands."^[3] But in the end, after many hardships, the Russian people manage to drive the invader out of their homeland.^[4]

Cast[]

• Sergei Stolyarov as Nikita Kozhemyaka
• as Bulat Balagur
• as Maria Morevna
• Georgy Millyar as Kashchey the Immortal / magician
• Ivan Ryzhov as naughty boy
• as sultan
• as judge
• Sergey Filippov as executioner
• as guard
• as guard
• as guard

References[]

External links[]

• Kashchey the Immortal at IMDb
• Kashchey the Immortal on YouTube (English subtitles)

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