231:
first tries to exchange the drum for one of his servants or for a large sum of gold and money, but the soldier remains steadfast also through Vanya's insistence. Meanwhile, the granddaughter of the Water Spirit
Alyonoushka has learned of the visit and believes that the visitors are evil. Under the influence of her grandfather she leads Maria to a magic lake and sixfolds her. Eventually all six Maria's appear before the soldier and Vanya. Only now Alyonoushka recognizes that Maria is Vanya's mother. Vanya has to find the true Maria in a test and Alyonoushka helps him: only the Maria who radiates warmth, is the real one. Vanya chooses correctly, but now the Water Spirit incites all the servants to the group, and the soldier, Vanya and Maria, to flee back to Earth - Alyonoushka joins them. Together they reach Maria's house and the Water Spirit and Badweather try one last time to defeat the group. When the Water Spirit tries to pull Wanja into a well and Vanya yells for help, Maria awakens from her enchantment and saves Vanya. The Water Spirit is drawn from the well and passes to a small puddle. Even the adversary's aunt is destroyed when the sun comes out. She turns into a crow, which is eaten by a cat shortly thereafter. Maria takes Alyonoushka into her small family. The soldier, however, sets out to invite the people of the area to a big celebration with Maria.
227:
because sinister creatures are out there. The soldier wants to know more about this and enters the deathly quiet forest. He finds here the sleeping boy Vanya, who is looking for his mother Maria. She was abducted by the evil spirit of water because she can weave works of art. When the soldier announces his intention to take up the fight against the Water Spirit, he appears before him and the boy. Both of them ask him to return Maria back. The Water Spirit agrees in exchange for the soldier's drum, despite abhorring all noise. The soldier agrees to give him the drum after the Water Spirit leads them to Maria. He takes them into his kingdom.
552:
230:
Under the earth and under water, the Water Spirit guides the soldiers and Vanya into his moated castle. Maria, who longs for her son, meanwhile, has been enchanted by the evil aunt
Badweather so that she would lose all interest in her environment and fail to recognize her son. The Spirit of the Water
226:
A soldier returns to his homeland and plays a song on his drum. Two young bears appear who ask him to free their mother trapped in an iron. In fact, Mother Bear's paw is in a strange iron beak which amazes the soldier. The bears tell him that they have not gone to the nearby forest for a long time,
29:
218:. The film tells the story of how an old soldier helps a boy find his mother, Maria the Weaver, who has been kidnapped and carried away by an evil king of the undersea kingdom.
214:. It was additionally released in Hungary in 1964. The film was imported to the West in the 1960s and ran in the U.S. in 1966 with English dubbed, on distribution from
589:
618:
638:
613:
658:
653:
648:
643:
438:
400:
623:
492:
633:
524:
663:
582:
430:
668:
575:
516:
446:
628:
462:
393:
500:
240:
62:
215:
189:
508:
484:
386:
563:
8:
608:
318:
297:
373:
276:
211:
114:
78:
532:
422:
252:
180:
166:
99:
551:
298:"ΠΠ°ΡΡΡ-ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ° (1959) - ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΎ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΠ΅ - ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡΠΌΡ - ΠΠΈΠ½ΠΎ-Π’Π΅Π°ΡΡ.Π Π£"
267:
559:
261:
73:
49:
602:
410:
339:
207:
39:
203:
200:
378:
367:
454:
28:
340:"ΠΠ°ΡΡΡ-ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ° (1959) β Π΄Π°ΡΠ° Π²ΡΡ
ΠΎΠ΄Π° Π² Π ΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΡ
ΡΡΡΠ°Π½Π°Ρ
"
258:
558:
This article related to a Soviet film of the 1960s is a
319:"ΠΠ°ΡΡΡ-ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ° - KinoExpert.ru - ΠΠ½ΡΠΈΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠΏΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΡ ΠΊΠΈΠ½ΠΎ"
194:
600:
206:children's live-action fantasy film directed by
583:
394:
590:
576:
408:
401:
387:
27:
601:
525:Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
382:
546:
470:New Adventures of Puss in the Boots
13:
14:
680:
361:
246:Ninel Myshkova - Maria the weaver
619:1960s children's adventure films
550:
270:- Aunt Badweather (Nepogodushka)
659:Films directed by Aleksandr Rou
654:Films based on Slavic mythology
649:Films based on Russian folklore
639:Soviet children's fantasy films
644:Soviet fantasy adventure films
614:1960s children's fantasy films
332:
311:
290:
1:
624:1960s fantasy adventure films
283:
634:1960s Russian-language films
562:. You can help Knowledge by
517:Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes
249:Viktor Perevalov - Ivanushka
7:
463:The Secret of Mountain Lake
439:The Little Humpbacked Horse
273:Sergei Troitsky - Treasurer
199:, "Maria the Weaver") is a
195:
10:
685:
664:Films based on fairy tales
545:
501:Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
493:The Night Before Christmas
417:
184:
162:
154:
144:
121:
105:
95:
87:
55:
45:
35:
26:
21:
669:1960s Soviet film stubs
234:
221:
216:Allied Artists Pictures
431:Vasilisa the Beautiful
264:- Prime Minister Croak
16:1960 Soviet Union film
447:Kashchey the Immortal
629:1960s Soviet films
571:
570:
543:
542:
277:Alexander Khvylya
241:Mikhail Kuznetsov
212:Gorky Film Studio
193:
172:
171:
115:Gorky Film Studio
79:Alexander Khvylya
63:Mikhail Kuznetsov
676:
592:
585:
578:
554:
547:
533:The Golden Horns
477:The Magic Weaver
423:Wish upon a Pike
403:
396:
389:
380:
379:
369:The Magic Weaver
355:
354:
352:
351:
336:
330:
329:
327:
326:
315:
309:
308:
306:
305:
294:
253:Anatoly Kubatsky
198:
196:Maria-iskusnitsa
188:
186:
176:The Magic Weaver
137:
135:
100:Andrei Volkonsky
70:Viktor Perevalov
31:
22:The Magic Weaver
19:
18:
684:
683:
679:
678:
677:
675:
674:
673:
599:
598:
597:
596:
544:
539:
413:
407:
364:
359:
358:
349:
347:
338:
337:
333:
324:
322:
321:. KinoExpert.ru
317:
316:
312:
303:
301:
300:. Kino-teatr.ru
296:
295:
291:
286:
268:Vera Altayskaya
237:
224:
185:ΠΠ°ΡΡΡ-ΠΈΡΠΊΡΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ°
147:
140:
133:
131:
124:
117:
110:
108:
91:Dmitry Surensky
83:
17:
12:
11:
5:
682:
672:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
595:
594:
587:
580:
572:
569:
568:
555:
541:
540:
538:
537:
529:
521:
513:
505:
497:
489:
481:
473:
467:
459:
451:
443:
435:
427:
418:
415:
414:
406:
405:
398:
391:
383:
377:
376:
363:
362:External links
360:
357:
356:
331:
310:
288:
287:
285:
282:
281:
280:
274:
271:
265:
262:Georgy Millyar
259:
256:
255:- Water Spirit
250:
247:
244:
236:
233:
223:
220:
210:and filmed at
170:
169:
164:
160:
159:
156:
152:
151:
148:
145:
142:
141:
139:
138:
127:
125:
122:
119:
118:
113:
111:
106:
103:
102:
97:
93:
92:
89:
88:Cinematography
85:
84:
82:
81:
76:
74:Georgy Millyar
71:
68:
67:Ninel Myshkova
65:
59:
57:
53:
52:
50:Evgeny Shvarts
47:
43:
42:
37:
33:
32:
24:
23:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
681:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
606:
604:
593:
588:
586:
581:
579:
574:
573:
567:
565:
561:
556:
553:
549:
548:
535:
534:
530:
527:
526:
522:
519:
518:
514:
511:
510:
506:
503:
502:
498:
495:
494:
490:
487:
486:
482:
479:
478:
474:
471:
468:
465:
464:
460:
457:
456:
452:
449:
448:
444:
441:
440:
436:
433:
432:
428:
425:
424:
420:
419:
416:
412:
411:Alexander Rou
404:
399:
397:
392:
390:
385:
384:
381:
375:
371:
370:
366:
365:
345:
341:
335:
320:
314:
299:
293:
289:
279:- Silent sage
278:
275:
272:
269:
266:
263:
260:
257:
254:
251:
248:
245:
243:- Old soldier
242:
239:
238:
232:
228:
219:
217:
213:
209:
208:Aleksandr Rou
205:
202:
197:
191:
182:
178:
177:
168:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
143:
129:
128:
126:
120:
116:
112:
104:
101:
98:
94:
90:
86:
80:
77:
75:
72:
69:
66:
64:
61:
60:
58:
54:
51:
48:
44:
41:
40:Aleksandr Rou
38:
34:
30:
25:
20:
564:expanding it
557:
531:
523:
515:
507:
499:
491:
483:
476:
475:
469:
461:
453:
445:
437:
429:
421:
368:
348:. Retrieved
346:(in Russian)
343:
334:
323:. Retrieved
313:
302:. Retrieved
292:
229:
225:
175:
174:
173:
158:Soviet Union
146:Running time
123:Release date
36:Directed by
609:1960 films
603:Categories
509:Jack Frost
485:Cinderella
455:May Nights
350:2021-12-26
325:2013-09-05
304:2013-09-05
284:References
107:Production
46:Written by
409:Films by
344:ΠΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠΈΡΠΊ
190:romanized
163:Language
96:Music by
56:Starring
192::
181:Russian
167:Russian
155:Country
132: (
109:company
536:(1973)
528:(1969)
520:(1968)
512:(1964)
504:(1963)
496:(1961)
488:(1960)
480:(1960)
472:(1958)
466:(1954)
458:(1952)
450:(1944)
442:(1941)
434:(1940)
426:(1938)
204:Soviet
150:74 min
560:stub
374:IMDb
235:Cast
222:Plot
201:1960
134:1960
130:1960
372:at
605::
342:.
187:,
183::
591:e
584:t
577:v
566:.
402:e
395:t
388:v
353:.
328:.
307:.
179:(
136:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.