The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

28 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1968

Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

The Little Mermaid

28 mins | Animation, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1968

The Little Mermaid
Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Soyuzmultfilm
Original title Русалочка
Directors Ivan Aksenchuk
Writers Aleksandr Galich, Hans Christian Andersen

Cast

Nina Gulyayeva

as The Little Mermaid (voice)

Viktoriya Ivanova

as The Little Mermaid (singing voice)

Anatoli Papanov

as The Guide (voice)

Yuliya Yulskaya

as The Sea Witch (voice)

Lidiya Korolyova

as The Fish Guide (voice)

Vladimir Troshin

as (voice)

Roza Makagonova

as (voice)