
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
Nikolai Khryashchikovas Varyag (uncredited)
Nikolai Shavykinas (uncredited)
Yuri Leonidovas Kuzma
Isaac Leongarovas Advisor (uncredited)
Nikolay Kryuchkovas Omelyan Danilovich
Emmanuil Gelleras Vizier (uncredited)
Aleksandr Degtyaras Blacksmith (uncredited)
Georgi Svetlanias (uncredited)
Nadir Malishevskyas Vyshata
Ivan Pereverzevas Timofey Larionovich
Stepan Kayukovas Sea King
Sergei Martinsonas The Monk
Alla Larionovaas Lyubava
Lidiya Vertinskayaas The Phoenix
Vasiliy Boltygaevas (uncredited)
Ivan Pelttseras Vasil Potapych (uncredited)
Mikhail Troyanovskyas Trifon
Olga Viklandtas Sea queen
Mikhail Astangovas Maharaja
Gleb Rozhdestvenskyas (uncredited)Crew
" />Olga KruchininaCostume Design
" />Yevgeniy KumankovProduction Design
" />Sergei KorenChoreographer
" />Lev YakovlevSongs
" />Konstantin IsayevWriter
" />Viktor ZorinSound Director
" />Vissarion ShebalinOriginal Music Composer, Music Editor
" />Maks GershengorinExecutive Producer
" />Aleksandr PtushkoDirector
" />Fyodor ProvorovDirector of Photography
" />Grigoriy GamburgConductor
" />Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovMusic