The Snow Queen | |
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Directed by | Gennadi Kazansky |
Written by | Evgeny Schwartz |
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Cinematography | Sergei Ivanov |
Music by | Nadezhda Simonyan |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (dubbed version) |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева, romanized: Snezhnaya koroleva) is a Soviet 1967 fantasy drama film, directed by Gennadi Kazansky and based on the eponymous 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.[2][3]
On a frosty winter evening, the Snow Queen kidnaps Kai and turns his heart into a piece of ice. Gerda, wishing to return Kai home goes to search for him. She experiences many trials to get to the Snow Queen's palace and to retrieve Kai from icy captivity.