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Kashchey the Immortal
Directed by	Aleksandr Rou
Written by	Vladimir Shveitser Aleksandr Rou
Produced by	Roman Dikhtyar
Starring	Sergei Stolyarov Aleksandr Shirshov Galina Grigoreva Georgy Millyar Ivan Ryzhov Ivan Bobrov Emmanuil Geller
Cinematography	Mikhail Kirillov
Edited by	Kseniya Blinova
Music by	Sergei Pototsky
Production company	Soyuzdetfilm
Release dates	May 9, 1945 (1945-05-09) (Barnaul) May 27, 1945 (1945-05-27) (Soviet Union)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Kashchey the Immortal (Russian: Кащей Бессмертный, romanized: Kashchey bessmertnyy) is a 1945 Soviet fantasy film co-written and directed by Aleksandr Rou. The story and characters are drawn from Slavic folklore, centering on a young man who embarks on a magical adventure to save his beloved from a wicked sorcerer.

Plot

Nikita Kozhemyaka returns to his native village, only to find it in ruins. The young man encounters an old magician who reveals that the village was attacked by the hordes of Koschei the Immortal, who kidnapped the beautiful maid Maria Morevna to be his bride. Nikita resolves to rescue Maria from Koschei and put an end to him. The magician gives him two magical items to aid him on his quest: an invisibility cap and a handful of soil before bidding him farewell on his quest.

Sometime later, Nikita arrives at the gates of a foreign city Kashchei has conquered. At the entrance, Nikita is accosted by the city guards and loses his horse, though he manages to escape into the city square where a court hearing is in progress. At the hearing, Bulat the Balagur faces execution for the attempted theft of a magic carpet. Nikita decides to rescue Balut, putting on the invisibility cap, he frees Bulat; together they grab the magic carpet and fly away.

Nikita and Bulat fly to and stealthily enter Kashchei's castle, where they find Maria lying lifeless on a bed. They hide as Koschei arrives, watching as he places a ring on her finger, which seems to revive her. Koschei offers Maria to become his wife, who tells him she cannot love someone who has no heart. Koschei insists that he has one. He tells Maria that he keeps it in a black apple growing on a black tree standing on a black mountain.

Cast

• Sergei Stolyarov as Nikita Kozhemyaka
• Alexander Shirshov as Bulat Balagur
• Galina Grigorieva as Maria Morevna
• Georgy Millyar as Koschei the Immortal/Old Sorcerer
• Ivan Ryzhov as naughty boy
• Sergei Troitsky as sultan
• Leonid Krovitsky as judge
• Sergey Filippov as executioner
• Peter Galadzhev as guard
• Ivan Bobrov as guard
• Emmanuil Geller as guard

Production

Filming

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Thematic analysis

Release

References

Works cited

External links

• Kashchey the Immortal at IMDb
• Kashchey the Immortal on YouTube (English subtitles)