Despite the fact that very few people knew about such a genre as "fantasy" in the USSR, nevertheless some Soviet directors did create several paintings that can be considered fantasy. Of course, it was not classic Tolkien style fantasy with elves and goblins. Nevertheless, I would classify a number of old Soviet films as fantasy.
Most of them are known to us as "fairy tale films." But they, in my opinion, are much deeper and come out of the usual fairy tale theme. I have already told you about one of them - the film "Sampo" (in the American box office "The Day When the Earth Frozen")
Let us recall other old Soviet films that could be called fantasy.
First of all, I recall the wonderful films of Alexander Ptushko, based on epics. "Sadko" and "Ilya Muromets" - what you do not fantasy. In my opinion, they are much closer to him than to fairy tales. It should be noted that many classical works in this genre are based precisely on the use of mythological scenes. By the same principle, I would add Gennady Vasilyev’s Vasily Buslaev here.
By the way, "Sadko" with some changes in the plot (which worked Francis Ford Coppola and Roger Corman) in the American box office twisted under the name "The Magic Journey of Sinbad"
Go ahead.
"The Tale of Wanderings" by Alexander Mitta. Do what you want with me, but this is not a children's fairy tale, namely, fantasy. And the fantasy is philosophical and very dark. By the way, the little-known film of Nicholas Ilyinsky "Fantastic Story" also falls under this category.
What else. Some films by Mark Zakharov I would feel free to relate to fantasy. The same "House that Swift built." Yes, and "Kill the dragon." By the way, many screen versions of Schwartz’s plays can be considered fantasy. For example, the "Shadow" of Nadezhda Kosheverova. And her "Cain XVIII"
And more about screen versions. "June 31" based on Priestley, "New Adventures of the Yankees at the court of King Arthur" based on Twain, and the "Wii" in Gogol. What you do not fantasy? Although about Gogol is generally a separate topic for conversation
Or here are some more films, though not from fairy tales: “Tears dripped” by Danelia, “Parade of the Planets” by Abdrashitov, “The Tale told at night” by Tarkovskaya, and, well, “Mr. Here's how to determine the genre of these films? Maybe this is also a fantasy?
Returning to mythology, one can also mention several films of the Tajikfilm studio. These are the film trilogies of Boris Kimyagarov "The Legend of Rustam", "Rustam and Sukhrab" and "The Legend of Siyavush", based on myths about the exploits of the legendary ancient Iranian hero Rustam. And in the same piggy bank his film "The Blacksmith's Banner"
Well, if we take children’s fairy tale films, which were made quite a few in those days, then I would single out “City of Masters”, “Mio, my Mio” and “Do not leave”
Here is my list. You can expand it. Or vice versa - argue with its contents.
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Used footage from feature films
Sampo, dir. Alexander Ptushko
"Ilya Muromets", dir. Alexander Ptushko
"Tale of wandering", dir. Alexander Mitta
Kill the Dragon, dir. Mark Zakharov
"June 31", dir. Leonid Kvinikhidze
"Mr. Designer", dir. Oleg Teptsov
"Tales of Siyavush", dir. Boris Kimyagarov
"Mio, my Mio", dir. Vladimir Grammatikov
and poster from www.kinopoisk.ru
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