Cinderella

Original title: Zolushka

1947
G
1h 20m

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A young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.A young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.A young woman forced into servitude by her step-family gets a chance to attend the royal ball.

Directors
- Nadezhda Kosheverova
- Mikhail Shapiro
Writer
- Evgeniy Shvarts
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7.4/10

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Directors
- Nadezhda Kosheverova
- Mikhail Shapiro
Writer
- Evgeniy Shvarts
Stars

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Yanina Zheymo

Cinderella

Aleksey Konsovskiy

Prince
(as A. Konsovsky)

Erast Garin

King
(as E. Garin)

Faina Ranevskaya

Stepmother
(as F. Ranevskaya)

Yelena Yunger

Daughter
(as Ye. Yunger)

Tatyana Sezenyovskaya

Daughter
(as T. Zezenyovskaya)

Vasiliy Merkurev

Forester
(as V. Merkuryev)

Aleksandr Rumnev

Pas de Trois
(as A. Rumnyov)

Varvara Myasnikova

Fairy
(as V. Myasnikova)

Igor Klemenkov

Page

Sergey Filippov

Corporal
(as S. Filippov)

Tatyana Piletskaya

Lady at the ball
(uncredited)

Aleksandr Violinov

Stariy lakey
(uncredited)

Directors
- Nadezhda Kosheverova
- Mikhail Shapiro
Writer
- Evgeniy Shvarts
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Trivia
One of many post WW2 Soviet movies that set the stage for future actors during the Stalin era.

Quotes
King: [to prince] Why won't you talk?
Prince: [Smitten by Cinderella] I can't.
King: [to Cinderella] Don't believe him, he can talk! He talks very well. He even recites poetry.

Connections
Featured in 6-ya tseremoniya vrucheniya natsionalnoy premii Ovatsiya (1998)

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9/10

there are some things that you never assumed could exist

Since we in the west are used to seeing the Disney versions of "Cinderella", it may surprise us that there was in fact a Soviet version. You probably never assumed that the USSR could have made such a glossy movie, but "Zolushka" is one impressive piece of work. For a country that wasn't into aesthetics, they produced a movie that was a real piece of eye candy. The screenwriters added a satirical side to it, but you'll probably best remember the costumes and scenery. During the ball, one of the stepsisters has Princess Leia hair buns.

Basically, this movie is more interesting than the ones released by Disney. I suspect that they had fun making it, especially with Faina Ranevskaya's emoting as the stepmother. An truly enjoyable time.

I bet that Yanina Zheymo had to beat guys off with a stick after starring in this.