The Snow Queen | 
 enlarge | Director: Lev Atamanov Phil Patton
Actors: Voices Of Sandra Dee, June Foray, Tommy Kirk
Studio: Westlake Ent. Group
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 45502
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Original Recording Remastered, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 74 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WLV3180
UPC: 798622318022
EAN: 0798622318022
ASIN: B0006HU2X2
Theatrical Release Date: 1959
Release Date: October 1, 2004
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SNOW QUEEN-THE CLASSIC RUSSIAN TALE (DVD MOVIE)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Memories August 30, 2008
Atomant
I saw this film on television when I was ten years old, and have never forgotten it. Whatever flaws were transferred in the translation and dubbing, it is nevertheless a wonderful film, and I'm looking forward to seeing it on my television screen again.
I still have my beloved record album of this movie and both film and recording hold up after all these years May 9, 2008
K. Corn (Indianapolis,, IN United States)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I recall being a child and listening to the record version, based on the movie. Actually, the record may have been the original movie, full length, put on a record. If it was edited and shortened, they certainly left in the best parts.
IMPORTANT INFO FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS: Several versions of this exist on VHS and/or DVD. The one you want is the one with Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk and (as much as you may hate this part) the voice of Art Linkletter just before the movie starts. Why? Because that is the definitive version, the one you may recall from childhood if you are a Baby Boomer and the one that endures the test of time.
Not a typical Disney type of film, the movie and soundtrack contains all the basic plot outlines of The Snow Queen (two young children, a boy and girl fall in love until the evil Snow Queen hardens the heart of one) but it isn't overly prettified for children. I was absolutely entranced by both the film and music as a child and the clearly Russian flavor of the music, very romantic. Some of the animals have European accents. Patty McCormack (yes, the same child star who appeared in The Bad Seed) does a tour de force performance as Angel, the child torn between evil and good. Sandra Dee makes a fine Gerta.
When she sings the very lovely "Do What Your Heart is Feeling" I am still swept with nostalgia. It is a bittersweet song with lyrics that go, "Do what your heart is feeling...what is the point concealing...but do it while you're young...go after the one you love, he needs you..but do it, don't wait". Seeing these lyrics, stripped of musical background and put on the page, I realize how impossible it is to describe the plaintive quality of Sandra Dee's voice as she sings these words, the yearning and pain. I can only urge you to see the movie and catch the performances of her, Tommy Kirk, Patty McCormack and many others. The Snow Queen comes across as formidable as well, truly cold and heartless, never yielding. This isn't for very young children (or use your judgment about that).
This is a classic film but I am admittedly biased. I see it through waves of nostalgia and memories of kiddie matinees at the movie theatre, feet stuck to the floor (usually due to some candy tossed around by various children), entranced by the story of The Snow Queen.
 Dim transfer, lousy DVD April 8, 2008
Timothy Hulsey (Charlottesville, VA United States)
Lovely Soviet animated film from 1957, marred by a badly faded, scratched, and spliced print. The English language track, featuring Tommy Kirk and Sandra Dee, dates from the film's 1959 US release -- as does the live-action prologue with Art Linkletter. No Russian-language soundtrack here, folks. The video transfer is so dim and grainy that night scenes are all but unwatchable. For such a steep retail price, this DVD is an insult. An average dollar-bin disc looks better.
Great childhood memories!! June 9, 2007
Nancy (San Francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so excited to find this on DVD! This was one of my favorite films growing up and I never thought I'd get a chance to see it again. I hope I'm not naive in thinking that today's children would love it as much as I still do. I do some baby sitting for kids in the neighborhood and I thought I'd bring it with me the next time....hope the kids have fun with it!
If you're over 40 or 45, you may also remember this film. As I get older, I appreciate my childhood memories so much more. I remember going to the Village Theater with my best friend and seeing this on a Saturday matinee. Sweet, sweet memories! Sorry if it sounds hokey! :)
The Tale From My Childhood: February 7, 2007
Galina (Virginia, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Snezhnaya koroleva' (1957) aka "The Snow Queen" directed by Lev Atamanov is a beautiful animated movie of my childhood that I'd seen dozens times back in Moscow even before we had a color TV. It is creative, colorful, sometimes dramatic and intense, and always poetic and moving Russian adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of voyages "The Snow Queen". Seeing it last night after such a long time together with my husband, we both agreed that this is one of the timeless classics. This story of the devoted heart of a little brave girl and the friendship and love which are above everything and are worth to fight for and to go to the end of the world, will never get old. Two best voices of Soviet stage and cinema participated in the narrating of "The Snow Queen", Maria Babanova - The Snow Queen and Yanina Zhejmo - Gerda. Zhejmo was absolutely charming as Cinderella in the Russian adaptation "Zolushka" (1947) which is also one of my all time favorites.
The film was released on DVD by the company "Films by Jove" with the original Russian soundtrack and English subtitles and is available from the company's site. Four more excellent films by Lev Atamanov are included on the DVD: "Golden Antelope", the Indian fairy tale and three short animations, "Bench", "Cyclist", and "Fence" adapted from the cartoons of Herluf Bidstrup, celebrated Danish artist, famous for his comics, humorous drawings, series of graphical anecdotes, and caricatures.
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