The Frog Princess

Name: The Frog Princess
Director: Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1954
Duration: 40 min
Cast: Margarita Kupriyanova, Anatoliy Verbitskiy, Aleksandr Rumnyov, Georgi Millyar, Boris Chirkov

1954 Animation Family 40 minutes Directed by Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy

About The Frog Princess

A tsar tells his three sons to shoot arrows and marry whoever brings an arrow back. Prince Ivan's arrow lands in a swamp. A frog returns it, and he marries her. At a feast she appears as the princess Vasilisa, under a curse from Kashchey the Immortal. Ivan burns the frog skin. Kashchey takes her back, and Ivan goes after her.

Cast & crew

More about The Frog Princess

Mikhail Tsekhanovsky directed. Mikhail Volpin wrote the script from the Russian tale. Yuri Levitin wrote the music. Soyuzmultfilm released it in 1954. The Russian title is Tsarevna-lyagushka.

Themes

An arrow brought back by a frog
A frog skin burned too soon
A quest to Kashchey
Ivan Tsarevich
Vasilisa
frog
Kashchey
Baba Yaga
Soyuzmultfilm

Music

Yuri Levitin composed the score.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

Anatoliy Verbitskiy voices Ivan Tsarevich.
Aleksandr Rumnyov voices Kashchey the Immortal. Georgi Millyar voices Baba Yaga.
Margarita Kupriyanova and Boris Chirkov are also billed.