Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka

January. 31,1953

Rating：

7.2

Genre：

Animation

Keywords：

Woman Director Based On Myths, Legends Or Folklore

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Soviet cartoon film, filmed in 1953 by the director-animator Olga Khodataeva based on the Russian folk tale.

Mariya Babanova as

Vera Orlova as

Georgiy Vitsin as

Anatoli Papanov as

Anastasia Zueva as narrator (voice)

Boris Andreyev as

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Reviews

Bea Swanson

1953/01/31

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Adeel Hail

1953/02/01

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Lachlan Coulson

1953/02/02

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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Brenda

1953/02/03

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Horst in Translation ([email protected])

1953/02/04

"Sister Alenushka & brother Ivanushka" is a Soviet 10-minute animated short film that has almost too much for such a short runtime. A boy gets transformed into a little goat, is abducted by an evil old woman, while a young man falls in love with the sister of the boy, a girl, who is in danger of drowning. And as all of these Soviet animated short films, there are many animals in here: horses, mice, goats and crows. The animation style is very traditional, very innocent compared to what kind of cartoons were made in the USA at this point in time. Director Khodatayeva and writer Danilov worked on several more animated films. I thought this one here was a decent watch, the ending is not really logical, but then again it's all fantasy and taking everything into account, the good outweighs the bad. Recommended.

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