Scarlet Sails (film)
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| Scarlet Sails | |
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| Directed by | Alexandr Ptushko |
| Written by | Alexandr Yurovsky Semyon Nagorny |
| Starring | Anastasiya Vertinskaya Vasily Lanovoy Lena Cheremshanova Sasha Lupenko Ivan Pereverzev |
| Music by | Igor Morozov |
| Cinematography | Gennady Tsekavy Viktor Yakushev |
| Editing by | I. Moronov |
| Distributed by | RUSCICO |
| Release date(s) | USSR: 1961 USA: 2004 (DVD) |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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Scarlet Sails (Russian: Алые паруса; Alye Parusa) is a 1961 Soviet film produced by Mosfilm based on Alexander Grin's 1923 adventure novel of the same name and starring Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya[1][2]. The story is a romantic fantasy[3] and is described as a "fairy tale"[4] though it contains no overtly supernatural elements.
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[edit] Plot
The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren (Ivan Pereverzev) raises his daughter Assol (Lena Cheremshanova/Anastasiya Vertinskaya)[5] alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man (Nikolay Volkov) who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day.
Arthur Grey (Sasha Lupenko/Vasily Lanovoy) is a nobleman's son who breaks away from his cruel father (Pavel Massalsky) to pursue a life at sea, and eventually becomes the captain of a merchant vessel. Having set to port at Assol's village, he spies the young maiden sleeping in the forest and falls in love. After inquiring in the village he learns of Assol's dream and sets about to make it come true.
[edit] Principal Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Anastasiya Vertinskaya (Анастасия Вертинская) | Assol |
| Vasily Lanovoy (Василий Лановой) | Arthur Grey |
| Yelena "Lena" Cheremshanova (Елена "Лена" Черемшанова) | Young Assol |
| Aleksandr "Sasha" Lupenko (Александр "Саша" Лупенко) | Young Arthur |
| Ivan Pereverzev (Иван Переверзев) | Longren |
| Nikolay Volkov (Николай Волков) | Egl (the "wizard") |
| Sergei Romodanov (Сергей Ромоданов) | Captain Gop |
| Oleg Anofriyev (Олег Анофриев) | Letika (a seaman) |
| Zoya Fyodorova (Зоя Федорова) | Governess |
| Pavel Massalsky (Павел Массальский) | Arthur's father |
| Grigori Shpigel (Григорий Шпигель) | Menners Jr. (the innkeeper) |
[edit] Trivia
This was the film debut of Anastasiya Vertinskaya, who celebrated her 16th birthday during the filming[6]. She went on to star in such Soviet classics as The Amphibian Man and Hamlet[7].
Locations used in the filming include Koktebel and Yalta in Crimea (Ukraine), Baku in Azerbaijan, and Pitsunda in Abkhazia (Georgia)[4].
Grey's ship, "Secret", was actually the training ship "Alfa" from the Rostov Naval School. It was outfitted with 2,500 meters of scarlet parachute silk procured to satisfy Ptushko's demand for authenticity[4].
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Text of the novel Алые Паруса at Maksim Moshkow's Library
- English translation of the novel
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ DVD "Scarlet Sails", ©2003 RUSCICO
- ^ Alye Parusa at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ New York Times review [1]
- ^ a b c "Interview with Oleg Anofriev" (on RUSCICO DVD)
- ^ The heroine's name is changed to "Isolde" in the English-language dubbing on the DVD.
- ^ "Interview with Vassily Lanovoy" (on the RUSCICO DVD)
- ^ Anastasiya Vertinskaya at the Internet Movie Database
