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The Little Mermaid
7.2 / 10• 1968• 28m•NR• Russian
AnimationFantasyFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Nina Gulyayeva
La Petite Sirène (voix)
Lead
Viktoriya Ivanova
La Petite Sirène (voix chantée)
Anatoliy Papanov
Le guide
Yuliya Yulskaya
La sorcière des mers
Lidiya Korolyova
La guide poisson
Vladimir Troshin
(voix)
Roza Makagonova
(voix)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ivan Aksenchuk's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Little Mermaid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
