
The Nutcracker(1973)
A young chambermaid finds a neglected nutcracker under a Christmas tree. It comes to life, but the Nutcracker is really an enchanted prince.


On the motifs of the story of S.Rashidov “A Kashmir song”. Spring Flower Nargis waits for the master of bees Bambur whom nobody has seen yet. A witch transforms the master of storms Chorud into a young man and lets him pass as Bambur, but her trick is unmasked. Chorud kills Nargis, but Bambur revives her. A tale by the old ( Cell animation) master Polkovnikov, (1908-1982) whose active career as animation director stretched from 1933 till 1980.

Elena Ponsova
Old woman (voice)

Erast Garin
Khorud (voice)

Roza Makagonova
Nargis (voice)

Aleksey Konsovskiy
Suria / Narrator (voice)

Boris Ivanov
Bambur (voice)

Klara Rumyanova
Red flower (voice, uncredited)
Nargis is a animation film released in 1965. Directed by Vladimir Polkovnikov, it stars Elena Ponsova, Erast Garin, Roza Makagonova. On the motifs of the story of S.Rashidov “A Kashmir song”. Spring Flower Nargis waits for the master of bees Bambur whom nobody has seen yet. A witch transforms the master of storms Chorud into a young man and lets him pass as Bambur, but her trick is unmasked. Chorud kills Nargis, but Bambur revives her. A tale by the old ( Cell animation) master Polkovnikov, (1908-1982) whose active career as animation director stretched from 1933 till 1980.
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