The Snow Queen

Original title: Snezhnaya koroleva

1957
Unrated
1h 14m

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Adventure Animation Family Fantasy Musical

A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend, who has been taken captive by the Snow Queen and turned cruel by enchanted ice splinters.A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend, who has been taken captive by the Snow Queen and turned cruel by enchanted ice splinters.A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her friend, who has been taken captive by the Snow Queen and turned cruel by enchanted ice splinters.

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Vladimir Gribkov

Ole Lukøje
(voice)

Yanina Zheymo

Gerda
(voice)

Anna Komolova

Kay
(voice)

Mariya Babanova

The Snow Queen
(voice)

Galina Kozhakina

Robber Girl
(voice)

Irina Murzayeva

Old Fairy
(voice)

Sergey Martinson

Karraks
(voice)
(as Sergei Martinson)

Elena Ponsova

Crow
(voice)

Vera Bendina

Prince
(voice)

Tatyana Linnik

Princess
(voice)

Vera Popova

Grandmother
(voice)

Yudif Glizer

Old Robber
(voice)

Aleksey Konsovskiy

Deer
(voice)

Mariya Sinelnikova

Finnish
(voice)

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Tammy Marihugh

Child (English Prologue)

Jennie Lynn

Child (English Prologue)

Billy Booth

Child (English Prologue)

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Trivia
Hayao Miyazaki has stated that this film is one of his inspirations to work in animation. When he started his career, Miyazaki had a rough start and was thinking of leaving animation. But when he saw The Snow Queen, he admired it and continued working in anime.

Quotes
Granny: Look, the snow is falling again, and every snowflake is like a little white bee.
Gerda: Grandmother, tell us, where do these white bee snowflakes come from?
Granny: From the north. They fly here over cold seas, in icy winds, through blizzards and fogs. They are loyal servants of the Snow Queen.

Alternate versions
Original version runs only 63 minutes and has two songs in Russian. US version runs 70 minutes, with a 5-minute live-action prologue and a 2-minute montage added. It has three new songs in English, one in the montage and two replacing the Russian songs.

Connections
Edited into Stories from My Childhood: The Snow Queen (1998)

Soundtracks
The Snow Queen
(english version)
Words and Music by Diane Lampert and Richard Loring

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10/10

Soyuzmultfilm's wonderful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy story

Like I said, animation is an art form, and in a few countries in the world there is some excellent animation, especially in Japan and the Soviet Union. My first glimpse of animation from Russia was in shorts that were dubbed in English in a TV show from Film Roman called "Animated Classic Showcase."

I now confess that Russia's Soyuzmultfilm Studios make excellent animated shorts and films like this wonderful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen," which is another favorite of mine. In 1960, the film had been dubbed in English along with a live-action prologue to go with it and a top-notch voice cast like: Sandra Dee as Gerda, Tommy Kirk as Kay, Louise Arthur as The Snow Queen, and Patricia McCormack as Angel the robber girl. And also the talents of June Foray (Henrietta, the Court Raven, and the Finnish woman) and Paul Frees (Ol' Dreamy and Mr. Corax the Raven).