Scarlet Sails
Scarlet Sails is a 1961 Soviet film produced by Mosfilm and directed by Alexandr Ptushko. It is based on Alexander Grin's 1923 adventure novel of the same name and stars Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya. The story is a romantic fantasy and is described as a "fairy tale", though it contains no overtly supernatural elements.
Plot
The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren raises his daughter Assol alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day.
More details
author | Aleksandr Yurovsky Aleksei Nagornyj |
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director | Aleksandr Ptushko |
editor | I. Moronov |
genre | adventure crime fantasy |
keywords | fishing village lose old man sleep |
musicBy | Igor Morozov |
publisher | RUSCICO |
theme | romantic fantasy |