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)

6.2

59 votes

6.2

59 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)

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A Tale of Lost Times

1964 · Movie · 85 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

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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 tale of Tsar Saltan

1967 · Movie · 81 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

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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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