The Enchanted Boy
The Enchanted Boy (Russian: Заколдованный мальчик, Zakoldovanyy malchik) is a 1955 Soviet/Russia traditionally animated feature film directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya. The film is an adaptation of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.
| The Enchanted Boy Заколдованный мальчик | |
|---|---|
 Nils on Martin's back during their adventure across Lapland | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Polkovnikov Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya |
| Written by | Selma Lagerlöf (story) Mikhail Volpin |
| Starring | Valentina Sperantova Alexey Konsovskiy Tatyana Strukova Anatoly Kubatsky Erast Garin Georgiy Vitsin |
| Music by | Vladimir Yurovskiy |
| Edited by | Nina Mayorova |
Production company | Soyuzmultfilm (Soviet Union) |
Release date |
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Running time | 46 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The film's image and sound were recently restored by the Russian company Krupnyy Plan, which released it on video and DVD packaged together with Cipollino, a 1961, 40-minute feature film directed by Boris Dyozhkin. No English-subtitled version has been released.
Plot
The naughty boy Nils, who delights in torturing animals, is bewitched by a tomte. Now shrunken to a small size and able to talk to animals, he flies across Lapland on the backs of wild geese. During these dangerous travels he does many noble deeds, and, at the same time, searches for the tomte who would take the spell away.
Creators
| English | Russian | |
|---|---|---|
| Director-producers | Vladimir Polkovnikov Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya |
Владимир Полковников Александра Снежко-Блоцкая |
| Scenario | Mikhail Volpin | Михаил Вольпин |
| Art Directors | Grazhina Brashishkitye Lev Milchin Roman Kachanov |
Гражина Брашишките Лев Мильчин Роман Качанов |
| Artists | Irina Svetlitsa I. Prokofyeva Pyotr Korobayev |
Ирина Светлица И. Прокофьева Пётр Коробаев |
| Animators | Konstantin Chikin Tatyana Taranovich Faina Yepifanova L. Popov Vadim Dolgikh Boris Meyerovich Lev Pozdneyev Renata Mirenkova Igor Podgorskiy Fyodor Khitruk Vladimir Krumin Gennadiy Novozhilov Boris Chani |
Константин Чикин Татьяна Таранович Фаина Епифанова Л. Попов Вадим Долгих Борис Меерович Лев Позднеев Рената Миренкова Игорь Подгорский Фёдор Хитрук Владимир Крумин Геннадий Новожилов Борис Чани |
| Camera Operator | Mikhail Druyan | Михаил Друян |
| Composer | Vladimir Yurovskiy | Владимир Юровский |
| Sound Operator | Nikolai Prilutskiy | Николай Прилуцкий |
| Voice actors | Valentina Sperantova (Nils) Alexey Konsovskiy Tatyana Strukova Anatoly Kubatsky (Gnome) Erast Garin (Martin) Georgiy Vitsin (Rozenbaum) |
Валентина Сперантова Алексей Консовский Татьяна Струкова Анатолий Кубацкий Эраст Гарин Георгий Вицин |
| Editor | Nina Mayorova | Нина Майорова |
Video
In the early nineties the animated film was released on videotapes by the film association "Krupnyy Plan", later in the middle of the 1990s — in the collection "The Best Soviet Animated Films" by Studio PRO Video, in the mid-nineties — in the collection of animated films of a film studio "Soyuzmultfilm" a videostudio "Soyuz", since 1996 was reissued by the same studio.
External links
- The Enchanted Boy at IMDb
- «The Enchanted Boy» on YouTube (Official Russian)
- «The Enchanted Boy» on YouTube (Russian with English subtitles)
- The Enchanted Boy at the Animator.ru
- The Enchanted Boy at Myltik.ru (in Russian)
- The Enchanted Boy at Krupnyy Plan (in Russian)