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The Little Mermaid (1968)

The Little Mermaid (1968)

Fantasy Animation Family
Release Date: 1968, June 19
Directors: Ivan Aksenchuk
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Soyuzmultfilm
Cast: Anatoliy Papanov, Yuliya Yulskaya, Vladimir Troshin, Roza Makagonova, Lidiya Korolyova, Nina Gulyayeva, Viktoriya Ivanova

Overview:

Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

Keywords:

witch fairy tale ocean cartoon prince mermaid