The Scarlet Flower

The Scarlet Flower

42 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy | June 5, 1952

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest (Nastenka) asks her father to bring her a beautiful scarlet flower like one which she saw in her dreams. Her elder sisters laugh at this simple wish. The father's trip is successful and he finds everything that he came for, with the exception of Nastenka's scarlet flower. Nevertheless, the ship heaves off and they begin to head back while the father scans the lands around him for a scarlet flower.

The Scarlet Flower

42 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy | June 5, 1952

The Scarlet Flower
Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and the youngest (Nastenka) asks her father to bring her a beautiful scarlet flower like one which she saw in her dreams. Her elder sisters laugh at this simple wish. The father's trip is successful and he finds everything that he came for, with the exception of Nastenka's scarlet flower. Nevertheless, the ship heaves off and they begin to head back while the father scans the lands around him for a scarlet flower.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Soyuzmultfilm
Original title Аленький цветочек
Directors Roman Kachanov, Lev Atamanov
Writers Georgiy Grebner, Sergey Aksakov

Cast

Mariya Babanova

as Lyubava (voice)

Nikolai Bogolyubov

as Stepan Emelyanovich (voice)

Vladimir Gribkov

as Kondrat (voice)

Nina Krachkovskaya

as Nastenka (voice)

Olga Chepurova

as Gordeya (voice)

Aleksey Konsovskiy

as Beast / Prince (voice)