The tale of Tsar Saltan

The Tale of Tsar Saltan – is a 1984 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Lev Milchin and Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. It is an adaptation of the 1831 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin.

The fairy tale is a story of the marriage of Tsar Saltan and the birth of his son, Prince Guidon, who, due to the machinations of his aunts, ends up on a desert island, meets the sorceress-Princess Swan and with her help becomes a powerful ruler and reunites with his father.

01:20 – Beginning of the story.
05:32 – Tsar Saltan goes to war.
16:06 – A cask washed ashore. Son and his mother get out of the cask.
17:34 – The first time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan.
21:21 – The first time Prince Guidon meets merchants.
22:28 – The second time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan. Flight of a mosquito.
26:14 – The third time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan.
28:44 – The second time Prince Guidon meets the merchants.
29:44 – The fourth time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan. Flight of a fly.
33:47 – The fifth time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan. Thirty three stalwart knights led by Chernomor.
36:40 – The third time Prince Guidon meets the merchants.
37:32 – The sixth time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan. Flight of a wasp.
41:33 – The seventh time Prince Guidon meets the Princess Swan. The swan turns to the Princess.
44:37 – The fourth time Prince Guidon meets the merchants.
48:53 – Prince Guidon reunites with his father Tsar Saltan.

The subtitles made by the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation using the translation of the original made by Louis Zellikoff.