Direction: Aleksandr Ptushko
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The New Gulliver
1935 · Movie · 75 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Ivan Bobrov · Vladimir Konstantinov · Ivan Yudin · Mikhail Dagmarov
6.2
59 votes
6.2
59 votes
The Stone Flower
1946 · Movie · 70 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Vladimir Druzhnikov · Yekaterina Derevshchikova · Tamara Makarova · Nikolai Orlov
6.1
30 votes
6.1
30 votes
The Sword and the Dragon (Ilya Muromets)
1956 · Movie · 87 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Boris Andreyev · Shukur Burkhanov · Andrei Abrikosov · Natalya Medvedeva
Plot A mythical knight goes on an epic journey and fights barbarian hordes in an ancient land.
6.0
37 votes
6.0
37 votes
Ruslan and Ludmila
1972 · Movie · 150 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Valeri Kozinets · Natalya Petrova · Andrei Abrikosov · Vladimir Fyodorov
Plot The film is the story of the title two characters who are in love. Ludmila is kidnapped on her wedding night and the king, angry at the loss of his...
5.9
36 votes
5.9
36 votes
Sadko (The Magic Voyage of Sinbad)
1953 · Movie · 80 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Sergei Stolyarov · Alla Larionova · B. Surovtsev · Mikhail Troyanovsky
Plot The Magic Voyage of Sinbad is the American release title for Sadko, an outsized 1952 Russian fantasy film. Based on the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov opera of the same name, the film...
5.8
55 votes
5.8
55 votes
The Day the Earth Froze
1959 · Movie · 91 min. · Finland
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Urho Somersalmi · Anna Orochko · Ivan Voronov · Andris Oshin
Plot Based on Finnish mythology, this movie traces the exploits of Lemminkainen as he woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her father...
5.5
21 votes
5.5
21 votes
Scarlet Sails
1961 · Movie · 90 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Anastasiya Vertinskaya · Vasili Lanovoy · Yelena Cheremshanova · Nikolai Volkov
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A Tale of Lost Times
1964 · Movie · 85 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Oleg Anofriev · Grisha Plotkin · Sergei Martinson · Evgeniy Sokolov
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The Lost Letter
1945 · Movie · 43 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Zinaida Brumberg · Valentina Brumberg · Lamis Bredis · Aleksandr Ptushko
Plot The film is made on the motives of N. V. Gogol's same story. It is told about the Cossack who went to St. Petersburg to bring the letter to Tsarina....
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The Golden Key
1939 · Movie · 72 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast O. Shaganova Obraztsova · Sergei Martinson · A. Shagin · Aleksandra Vasilyeva
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The tale of Tsar Saltan
1967 · Movie · 81 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Cast Vladimir Andreyev · Larisa Golubkina · Oleg Vidov · Kseniya Ryabinkina
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The Merry Musicians (S)
1938 · Movie · 15 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Plot Based on the Grimm Brothers' folktale the "Town Musicians of Bremen".
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Fishmonger and the Fish
1937 · Movie · 28 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Aleksandr Ptushko
Plot Tale about a fish-man and a fish, based on Alexander Pushkin story.
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