The Tale of Tsar Saltan-Сказка о царе Салтане(with English subtitles) 1/6

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan is an 1831 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin, written after the Russian fairy tale.

The story is of three sisters, of whom the youngest is chosen by Tsar Saltan (Saltán) to be his wife, while he makes the other two his royal cook and royal weaver. They are jealous, of course, and when the tsaritsa gives birth to a son, Prince Gvidon (Gvidón), they arrange to have her and her child sealed up in a barrel and thrown into the sea. The sea itself takes pity on them, and they are cast up on the shore of a remote island, Buyan. The son, having quickly grown while in the barrel, goes hunting. He ends up saving an enchanted swan from a kite. The swan creates a city for Prince Gvidon to rule, but he is homesick, and the swan turns him into a mosquito. In this guise, he visits Tsar Saltan's court, where he stings his aunt's eye and escapes.

Back in his distant realm, the swan gives Gvidon a magical squirrel. But he continues to pine for home, so the swan transforms him into a fly, and in the Tsar's court he stings the eye of his other aunt. In a third round he becomes a bumblebee and stings the nose of his grandmother. In the end, he expresses a desire for a bride instead of his old home, upon which the swan is revealed to be a beautiful princess, whom he marries. He is visited by the Tsar, who is overjoyed to find his wife and newly-married son.

Soyuzmultfilm,1943
Music by Rimsky-Korsakov

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[jackamo23]

Many thanks for the English subtitles! Is this an "official" release or fan subtitles? I would like to know if its possible to buy on DVD (I am hoping its part of a collection of Russian animation I am yet to come across!). I love Soviet era animation and film but as I only speak English, its very frustrating knowing there is so much out there with no subtitles. I thank Mosfilm and Ruscico for the DVD releases and all the "fan" subbers out there!

[VisitToFairyTales]

@jackamo23 unfortunately it's not official,I'm also looking for DVD of soviet animation with english subtitles.My translations are not perfect as I'm not interpreter and to find english translations of Pushkin's poems is almost impossible.If I'll find,I'll upload more vids.

[MsVica17]

А Царь-то - кошатник! Котяра божественен - и благодаря ему он смилостивился! The Zsar is a cat-loverm sooooo cute! - just like the woman-character of the Ugly Truth wants her ideal man to be ;)

[Serenoj69]

Remember this in 1985 on the Dutch television, impressed me. FOund it again. I only remeber "czar saltana and bujana....". enough for youtube. Many thanks.

[jackamo23]

Do you mean the 1966 Aleksandr Ptushko version?

[saintmoin]

Hi can anyone find me the english subtitle srt? What I found is 1966 version of this.

It'd be a great help. Thanks.

[saintmoin]

@khvalovsky

Hi I've been looking for this movie for a long time and finally found it but it has no subtitle in english. What I found is 1966 version of this.

I thought you could help me and it'd be a great help. Thanks.

[todpolson]

Lovely design.

[hulik243]

@MsVica17

yes, its wonderful.

[hulik243]

YES , its wonderful.