The Little Mermaid (1968)
Movie
Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.
Directed By : Ivan Aksenchuk
Genres : Animation, Fantasy, Family
Status : Released
Released : Jun 19, 1968
Length : 28 minutes
Cast
Crew
- Director : Ivan Aksenchuk
- Writer : Aleksandr Galich
- Novel : Hans Christian Andersen
- Animation : Mikhail Pershin
- Animation : Elvira Maslova
- Editor : Izabella Gerasimova
- Animation : Vadim Dolgikh
- Animation : Vladimir Balashov
- Animation : Marina Rogova
- Animation : Yana Volskaya
- Animation : Aleksandr Davydov
- Sound : Georgiy Martynyuk
- Animation : Mstislav Kuprach
- Animation : Nikolay Fyodorov
- Original Music Composer : Aleksandr Lokshin
- Animation : Elena Malashenkova
- Animation : Antonina Alyoshina
- Director of Photography : Mikhail Druyan
- Art Direction : Daniil Mendelevich
- Assistant Director : Lydia Kovalevskaya
- Assistant Art Director : Vladimir Tarasov
- Assistant Art Director : Galina Zebrova
- Assistant Camera : Natalia Nayashkova
- Script Editor : Natalya Abramova
- Background Designer : Dmitriy Anpilov
- Storyboard Artist : Inna Zaruba
- Storyboard Artist : V. Isaeva
- Producer : Fyodor Ivanov