The Princess and the Pea

In one of the realms, there was time for the prince to get married, but the bride would have to be a real princess. A sign was put up on the gates: “ A Princess Wanted”. But in response to it there appeared only a small girl, wet to the bones after the rain and bearing no resemblance to nobility. So the prince was obliged to venture off to other lands in search of a suitable match. Henceforth the prince’s adventures unfold. In one kingdom, he met a fat king, in another – a hospitable king. He also visited the kingdom of arts. He saw enough princesses, beautiful and clever. And yet, the real princess, the only one he longed for, proved to be the girl who had knocked at their door during a rainstorm…

Cast

Andrey Podoshian

Prince

Alisa Freyndlikh

Queen

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

King

Irina Malysheva

First Princess

Irina Yurevich

Second Princess

Yuri Chekulayev

First King

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Second King

Vasiliy Kupriyanov

Swineherd

Igor Kvasha

Troll

Svetlana Orlova

Fourth Princess

Crew

Boris Rytsarev

Director

Feliks Mironer

Writer

Hans Christian Andersen

Book

Antonio Vivaldi

Music

Vyacheslav Yegorov

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Machilskiy

Director of Photography

Olga Kravchenya

Production Design

Aleksandr Golyzhenkov

Sound Director

Nadezhda Fadeyeva

Costume Design

Tatyana Kolosova

Makeup & Hair