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The Little Mermaid

1968 · 28 min Animation Fantasy Family
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Русалочка
Year 1968
Country Soviet Union
Genre Animation, Fantasy, Family
Director Ivan Aksenchuk
Runtime 28 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (33 votes)

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The film exists at its own rhythm. Doesn't rush the viewer, doesn't suggest how to react — trusts its own material.

If the genre speaks to you — worth watching. If not — not the most obvious choice, but a pleasant surprise isn't impossible.

For those who appreciate genre cinema made with intelligence and without snobbery.

Director: Ivan Aksenchuk

— MovieFinder Editorial

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