The Tale of Tsar Saltan
MOSFILM
Artistic Association “Yunost”
A.S. Pushkin
THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN
Screenplay by A. PTUSHKO
with collaboration of I. GUELEIN
Based on the fairy tale by
A.S. PUSHKIN
Directed by Alexander PTUSHKO
Directors of Photography
I. GUELEIN, V. ZAKHAROV
Production Designers
A. KUZNETSOV, K. KHODATAEV
Costume Designer
O. KRUCHININA
Music by Gavriil POPOV
Sound by M. BLYAKHINA
Conductor - G. DUGASHEV
Starring:
Vladimir ANDREYEV as Saltan
Larissa GOLUBKINA as Tsaritsa
Oleg VIDOV as Guidon
Xenia RYABINKINA as Tsarevna Swan
S. MARTINSON as Saltan’s Mentor
O. VIKLAND as Mother Babarikha
V. IVLEVA as Weaver
N. BELYAYEVA as Cook
V. KOLPAKOV as Clerk
Yu. CHEKULAYEV as Bed Tender
V. NOSIK as Servant
G. SHPIGEL as Town Governor
Ye. MAIKHROVSKY as Jester
Three fair maids far into night
Sat and spun by candle light.
In a forest dense,
A maid went berrying.
Her fill she picked
But her way she lost.
She lost her way
And she called out loud:
Where are you, my love?
Where are you, my own?
My love, one and only…
Were our tsar to marry me,