Powerful

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Very beautiful and kind fairy tale. I watched it when I was a baby. And I will show this film to my children. Because it is one of the best. I would like to write that all the above comments are unfair. And I would indicate an obvious fact that we have our own unique culture, its fairy-tale characters that look strange for foreigners. But no one still does not understand. I will write only that all who wrote reviews disgusting about my favorite fairy tale are dolboebi! Speaking about the moment when the evil stepmother does beet makeup her daughter, so do American women in preparing their young beautiful daughters in a beauty contest. Beauty needs to be as natural as Anastasia.

Nothing terrible will not see. For the Russians it is a very good tale, many were brought up on it. And no, that everything went crazy. Remember Pushkin's fairy tales: "There on unknown paths of the Traces unseen animals; the hut there on chicken legs It is worth without Windows, without doors". Every child knows, walking the houses,the trees, talking mushrooms, flying on a broomstick the witch Baba-Yaga is a fairy tale! What the wizard is a mushroom turned hero to bear, in a fairy tale wanted to show that rude and boasters it is bad. And let's not forget that this is all the 1964 year. What in those years, the special effects?

I am from Slovakia and I've seen this movie a hundred times since I was absolutely little. You shouldn't philosophize so much here. Its simply a fairy tale for children or for those who love such movies. Just sit down in front of TV, shut up and watch. Its more than 40 years old so the special effects take with a pinch of salt. For those who cant take the facts about "Baba jaga" which is a word for witch or "Dom na stračích nôžkach" which is an expression for the house on the magpie legs etc. I have just one advise- its a part of Russian (and similar countries like Slovakia for example) folk traditions. Just get through it. Originally here things like Santa Claus with rein-deers, Valentines day etc weren't common. Alhough people weren't used to it now they just don't care now. I watch many films with Santa Claus and although in Slovak folk traditions he doesn't appear I don't criticize these films. I understand that its a part of traditions of some other countries.For example here in Slovakia the presents gives The little Jesus. Its common only in few countries. For example- Germany and Czech ;) But that wasn't my point. I just wanted to say hat you should just respect the age of this movie and the original Russian traditions. Thats all.

I give it eight stars based on movies I had seen up to that point (around 1975?) when I first saw it.I saw it on TV, and it was given an introduction by some girl wrapping her Christmas presents during the showing. Her description of the fairy tale elements such as the house on legs perked my interest.Another friend mentioned this movie to me many years later. He remembered how early in the movie some clubs had been thrown in the air, which fell on the bad guys later. I remembered this scene, too. When I bought the VHS, I was surprised at the film quality. Not very well produced. But that hadn't gotten in the way at the time. My mind had re-filmed it and shown it to me like I was watching it live. They had captured a compelling image, though.I also remember some of the scenes with the sleigh, and falling in love with the idea of being that far north.Nastenka also captured my heart.The storytelling is delightful.