The Stone Flower
This article is about the 1946 Ptushko film. For the 1950 Prokofiev ballet, see The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev).
| The Stone Flower | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Written by |
Pavel Bazhov Ivan Keller |
| Starring | Vladimir Druzhnikov |
| Music by | Lev Shvarts |
| Cinematography | Fyodor Provorov |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Stone Flower (Russian: Каменный цветок, translit. Kamennyy tsvetok) is a 1946 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is an adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story of the same name, in turn based on Uralic Russian folklore.
It was the Soviet Union's first color film shot on Agfacolor negative film seized in Germany, and was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Vladimir Druzhnikov as Danilo
- Yekaterina Derevshchikova as Katinka
- Tamara Makarova as The Queen of Copper Hill
- Mikhail Troyanovsky as Prokopych
- L. Deikun
- Aleksandr Kleberer as The Old Storyteller
- V. Kravchenko as Young Danilo
- Nikolai Orlov
- A. Petukhova
- N. Temyakov
- Mikhail Yanshin as Severyan
- S. Zaytsev
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Stone Flower". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-01-03.