Vasilisa the Beautiful
1940, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Rou.
Russian folk tale about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the youngest brother, Ivanushka, brings home a frog from the marshes. His father finds this most curious, but what he does not know was that the frog was actually a beautiful girl named Vasilisa who was cursed by a magical serpent whom she refused to marry. Now Ivanushka must overcome tremendous obstacles to restore Vasilisa to her true form and free her from the serpent's spell.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 13 May 1940
- Original title
- Василиса Прекрасная
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Shveytser, Galina Vladychina, Olga Nechayeva
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Vasilisa the Beautiful runs 72 minutes (1h 12m).
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Vasilisa the Beautiful isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it or buy it online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Vasilisa the Beautiful?
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Who directed Vasilisa the Beautiful?
Vasilisa the Beautiful (1940) was directed by Aleksandr Rou and stars Valentina Sorogozhskaya, Sergey Stolyarov, Georgi Millyar.