The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
Channel: Miklouho-Maclay Foundation
Date: 2021-01-30

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights – is a 1951 Soviet hand-drawn animated feature film and produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. It is an adaptation of the 1833 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin.

Tsarevna kills her stepdaughter by giving her a poisoned apple, because she was more beautiful than Tsarevna. The poisoned girl falls asleep like dead. But, her fiance finds and awaken her with a kiss. Then, Tsarevna dies of anger and envy.

01:09 – Beginning of the story.
02:44 – Tsarevna asks the magic looking-glass for the first time.
03:47 – Tsarevna asks the magic looking-glass for the second time. It answers that the Princess is the fairest. Tsarevna manages to bind the Princess to a tree and leave in the forest.
08:27 – The Princess finds a house of the Seven Knights.
11:42 – The Knights get home and meet the Princess.
16:57 – Tsarevna asks the magic looking-glass for the third time. She decides to present the Princess a poisoned apple.
21:26 – The Knights find the Princess dead.
22:19 – Tsarevna asks the magic looking-glass for the fourth time.
22:50 – Prince Yelisei calls to the Sun, the Moon, the Wind in search of the Princess.
26:30 – Prince Yelisei finally finds the Princess and kisses her. She awakens.
28:20 – Tsarevna asks the magic looking-glass for the fifth time. She breaks the looking-glass and then dies.

The subtitles made by the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation using the translation of the original made by Peter Tempest.