Tag Archives: fairy tale

The Snow Queen (1966)

Posted on December 1, 2017 at 9:59 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

I have recently been working my way through a pile of DVDs of Russian fantasy films – not reviewing them all here, but if you’re a regular reader of this site you know the Russian fairy tale genre is something … Continue reading →

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Through Fire, Water and…Brass Pipes (1968)

Posted on November 18, 2017 at 11:05 am by Jeff Kuykendall

By 1968, Russian director Aleksandr Rou (Vassilisa the Beautiful) had permanently associated his name with cinematic fairy tales aimed at children. To Western audiences he is best known for his film Jack Frost (Father Frost, 1964) because of its inclusion … Continue reading →

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The Sword and the Dragon: The Dell Comic Book

Posted on January 28, 2017 at 5:24 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

When Aleksandr Ptushko’s epic fantasy film Ilya Muromets (1956) was distributed in the United States in 1960 as The Sword and the Dragon, the Vitalite Film Corporation licensed the title out to Dell Comics to produce the official comic book … Continue reading →

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