The Stone Flower
About The Stone Flower
Danila, apprentice to the old stone-carver Prokopich, grows up able to feel the soul of the stone. In the Urals he becomes a master of rare gems. The Mistress of the Copper Mountain orders an unusual stone flower from him. Aleksandr Ptushko's film draws on Pavel Bazhov's tale and also uses pieces of "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Master Craftsman."
Cast & crew
More about The Stone Flower
Pavel Bazhov and Iosif Keller wrote the script. Fyodor Provorov photographed it. Lev Shvarts wrote the music. Mosfilm released it on April 28, 1946. Wikidata also lists November 29 and December 2, 1946. Running time 82 minutes. Vladimir Druzhnikov, Stepan Kayukov, Tamara Makarova, and Mikhail Yanshin are billed. It was the Soviet Union's first color film shot on Agfacolor negative stock seized in Germany. Entered at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Wikipedia says 23.17 million viewers saw it in the USSR in 1946. Russian title Каменный цветок.
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Background
Released in 1946, using German Agfacolor stock taken in the war.
In film history
First Soviet color film on seized Agfacolor negative, and a 1946 box-office success with 23.17 million viewers in the USSR.
Making
Ptushko shot the first Soviet color feature on captured Agfacolor negative.
Audiences
Wikipedia says 23.17 million viewers in the USSR in 1946.
Look
Fyodor Provorov shot it on Agfacolor negative.
Technique
First Soviet color feature photographed on Agfacolor negative seized in Germany.
Music
Lev Shvarts composed the score.
Notes
- The catalog mentions Bazhov's "The Malachite Box" as the fairy-tale source. Wikipedia names the story The Stone Flower, plus two other Bazhov tales.
- Agfacolor stock taken in Germany is the negative Wikipedia specifies.
- Cannes 1946 is a festival entry, not a prize named on the page.
Scenes
- Danila learns the soul of the stone under Prokopich.
- The Mistress of the Copper Mountain orders the stone flower.
Influenced by
- Pavel Bazhov's The Stone Flower
- Pavel Bazhov's The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
- Pavel Bazhov's The Master Craftsman
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1946. Каменный цветок.webm)
