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The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

19766.61h 17m

Overview

A little Mermaid falls in love with a Prince whom she saves during a storm. Using all kinds of magical incantations in exchange for the Mermaid’s beautiful blue hair, a witch replaces her fish tail with human legs, making it possible for the Mermaid to walk and live on earth at the cost of great pain with every step she takes. The Little Mermaid willingly suffers through these trials only to be near her beloved. But the Prince, not realizing how lucky he is, becomes enamored with a beautiful but vain princess.

Directed by Vladimir Bychkov
Written by Grigori Yagdfeld, Viktor Vitkovich, Hans Christian Andersen
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Top Cast

Viktoriya Novikova

Viktoriya Novikova

The Little Mermaid

Valentin Nikulin

Valentin Nikulin

Sulpitius

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Galina Artyomova

Princess

Yuri Senkevich

Yuri Senkevich

Prince

Galina Volchek

Galina Volchek

Inn Hostess

Stefan Iliev

Stefan Iliev

Knight

Mikhail Pugovkin

Mikhail Pugovkin

Thicklipped

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Svetlana Mojseyenko

Jacqueline

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Margarita Chudinova

Leonela

Stefan Pejchev

Stefan Pejchev

Fisherman

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mermaid

About The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a family, fantasy, romance film released in 1976 exploring themes of mermaid. Directed by Vladimir Bychkov, it stars Viktoriya Novikova, Valentin Nikulin, Galina Artyomova. A little Mermaid falls in love with a Prince whom she saves during a storm. Using all kinds of magical incantations in exchange for the Mermaid’s beautiful blue hair, a witch replaces her fish tail with human legs, making it possible for the Mermaid to walk and live on earth at the cost of great pain with every step she takes. The Little Mermaid willingly suffers through these trials only to be near her beloved. But the Prince, not realizing how lucky he is, becomes enamored with a beautiful but vain princess.

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