
Sadko
Садко
Release: 1953-01-05·Runtime: 85m·★ 5.7
ActionAdventureFamilyFantasy
Based on an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was based on a Russian epic tale of the same name. In the old Russian city of Novgorod, the merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace and Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voiced bird of happiness. They laugh at him, but he is offered help by the Ocean King's daughter, who is mesmerized by Sadko's singing and is in love with him. The hero is destined to visit many lands in his search of the bird.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Sergey Stolyarovas Sadko
Lev Feninas Leader of Varyags
Ninel Myshkovaas Princess of Lake Ilmen
Gleb Rozhdestvenskyas (uncredited)
Georgi Svetlanias (uncredited)
Alla Larionovaas Lyubava
Nadir Malishevskyas Vyshata
Mikhail Astangovas Maharaja
Stepan Kayukovas Sea King
Olga Viklandtas Sea queen
Lidiya Vertinskayaas The Phoenix
Nikolai Khryashchikovas Varyag (uncredited)
Sergei Martinsonas The Monk
Aleksandr Degtyaras Blacksmith (uncredited)
Mikhail Troyanovskyas Trifon
Nikolay Kryuchkovas Omelyan Danilovich
Emmanuil Gelleras Vizier (uncredited)
Yuri Leonidovas Kuzma
Ivan Pereverzevas Timofey Larionovich
Vasiliy Boltygaevas (uncredited)
Isaac Leongarovas Advisor (uncredited)
Ivan Pelttseras Vasil Potapych (uncredited)
Nikolai Shavykinas (uncredited)
Olga Chepurovaas (uncredited)Crew
" />Aleksandr PtushkoDirector
" />Konstantin IsayevWriter
" />Viktor ZorinSound Director
" />Sergei KorenChoreographer
" />Grigoriy GamburgConductor
" />Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovMusic
" />Fyodor ProvorovDirector of Photography
" />Olga KruchininaCostume Design
" />Vissarion ShebalinOriginal Music Composer, Music Editor
" />Maks GershengorinExecutive Producer
" />Lev YakovlevSongs
" />Yevgeniy KumankovProduction Design