Snow Maiden [DVD] [1968] [NTSC] Snegurochka . Language: English, Russian Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French,

Good Fairy tale with folk music but not Rimsky-Korsakov opera.

Very satisfying entry into the Russian Fairy Tale/Christmas genre. As usual, the slices of Russian village life are in evidence, and you can almost feel what it was like in such a small village. I particularly enjoyed the sets - great reflections of the Norse heritage of the White Russians. While the sets were very good, there was not nearly as much color and special effects as I've come to expect from Russian Fairy Tales. I withheld one star only because others of this type are so much more grand in visual style. Certainly worth your family's time - especially if you enjoy other cultures.

There are English subtitles to go along with the Russian audio. Just open the settings drop-down menu. There are some good elements to this film, but we thought it did not stand up to the test of time, and we watch a fair amount of Russian-made films and series. Most of the Russian film/TV content on Amazon is hit and miss, either 1-2 stars or 4-5 stars, but this one hangs somewhere in the middle so we give it 3 stars.

Great Russian fairytale. Adds to the Holiday festivities.

Another gorgeous Russian film - full of beautiful folk music and a breathtaking village set. The story is so famous in Russia that both Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky set it to music. The poor Snow Maiden is a very tragic figure who willingly dies to feel the emotion of love but the coda is quite upbeat. Very Russian.

Snow Maiden is a tale of the daughter of father winter who falls in love with a mortal and discovers the pain of love.

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Not worth watching. I did not make past the first 10 minutes.

If you're interested in dramatic depth, emotional complexity and sheer cinematic beauty, this adaptation of Ostrovsky's play - for which Tchaikovsky wrote the original stage music, and which Rimsky Korsakov later turned into a opera - has all of them in abundance. Like Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale', the play works at many levels and the film skilfully suggests them all. No wonder it's hailed as a Russian classic, a winter tale for the ages.The Ruscico presentation is not without some visual problems, but this is probably as good as it's going to get and the English subtitles and bonuses are excellent. Don't hesitate.

enjoying it very much

Good romantic tale