Morozko (1964)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Aleksandr Rou

Writers:

Nikolay Erdman (writer)
Mikhail Volpin (writer)

Release Date:

September 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Fabulous Winter-Time Wonder-Maker!

Plot:

Strange Russian fairy tale dealing with a boy and a girl who go through the strangest situations to be with one another...

Plot Keywords:

Jack Frost | Witch | Tree | Bear | Sleigh

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Aleksandr Khvylya	...	Jack Frost
Natalya Sedykh	...	Nastenka
Eduard Izotov	...	Ivan
Inna Churikova	...	Marfusha
Pavel Pavlenko	...	Father
Vera Altajskaya	...	Stepmother
Georgi Millyar	...	Baba Yaga (The Witch)
Mikhail Yanshin	...	Old Mushroom
Galina Borisova	...	Old Mushroom
Anatoli Kubatsky	...	Bandit Chieftain
Valentin Bryleyev	...	Eligible Bachelor
Tatyana Pelttser	...	Eligible Bachelor's Mother
Tatyana Barysheva	...	Matchmaker
Varvara Popova	...	Old Woman
Zinaida Vorkul	...	Ivan's Mother

Also Known As:

Морозко (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Father Frost (International: English title)
Jack Frost (USA)
The Crystal Star (USA)
The Frosty

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8

Company:

Gorky Film Studios

Trivia:

The English-dubbed version of this film was used for an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" under the title "Jack Frost".

Goofs:

Plot holes: Nastenka is supposed to be frozen forever, but wakes up later on in the movie.

Quotes:

Singer #1: [singing] Oh, you dear boy, Ivan. Come to meet me at the gate! I got a brand-new sarafan, all of silk and lace it's made!
Singer #2: [singing] Vania, Vania, wait a bit, where have you been to? Don't pass by, we must meet. Look into my window!
Group of Singers: [singing] Please, Ivan, don't leave forever, on the porch we'll sit together. Of an apple, take a bite, we'll be talking, side by side.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Jack Frost (#9.13)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Humorous Folk Song

WHAT???

People, I don't understand you. This movie is a very good fairy-tale and in my country it has become so popular that it runs on TV every year. Well, it usually runs on December 31rd, which indicates that people take it partly ironically, but the movie itself is a humorous caricature and I don't understand the arguements I see here. In fact, I couldn't imagine that MOROZKO could receive such bad reviews, if I didn't see it in my own eyes.

I don't know what they did of it in the United States, but I really don't think that the English version could get close to the original. It is simply unimaginable. On the other hand, it is true that the Czech dubbing of MOROZKO is excellent and it may overcome the Russian version.

In any case, if you don't know that Baba Yaga (a common inventary of Russian fairy-tales) lives in a house on the bird's legs (which every child in my country knows very well), then nobody can help you.