How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder

How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder[a] (Russian: Как Иванушка-дурачок за чудом ходил; trans. Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil) is a 1977 Soviet fantasy film produced by Lenfilm studio, and directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova.[1]

How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
Directed byNadezhda Kosheverova
Screenplay byMikhail Volpin
StarringOleg Dal
Elena Proklova
Mikhail Gluzskiy
Tatyana Pelttser
CinematographyEduard Rozovsky
Music byMieczysław Weinberg
Distributed byLenfilm
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
88 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

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Ivanushka the fool meets a robber in the forest. After having a fight with him, Ivanushka brings the bag with stolen goods back to its original owner, a merchant named Marco the Rich. There he meets his daughter Nastya. They fell in love, but Marco the Rich does not want Ivanushka to marry his daughter, and decides to send a woman named Varvara to poison him.

Nastya gives Ivanushka a letter, in which she warns him of the danger. Varvara fails to poison the protagonist, and tells Ivanushka the truth. She suggests him to leave in secret, but returns and tells Marco the Rich that Ivanushka allegedly died. Hearing this, Nastya faints into a coma. Doctors say that only a miracle can save her. Ivanushka decides to go to Baba Yaga to seek advice, and she tells him to go to a wizard named Lukomor. Ivanushka embarks on a journey from thereon.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ivanushka the Fool is an archetypal Russian Ivan the Fool

References

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  1. ^ "Как Иванушка-дурачок за чудом ходил. Х/ф / Телеканал "Россия 1"". russia.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  2. ^ "Печорин советского времени". www.sovsekretno.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  3. ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (2009-04-28). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 115. ISBN 9780786434824.
  4. ^ "Боярский Михаил Сергеевич". Новости шоу-бизнеса России и мира, онлайн журнал (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-06-27.
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