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Fire, Water, and Trumpets (Russian: Огонь, вода и… медные трубы, Ogon', voda i... mednye truby) is a 1968 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Its story and characters are derived from Slavic folklore.

Fire, Water, and Trumpets
Directed by	Aleksandr Rou
Written by	Nikolai Erdman Mikhail Volpin
Starring	Natalya Sedykh Aleksei Katyshev Georgy Millyar Vera Altayskaya Alexander Khvylya Mikhail Pugovkin
Cinematography	Dmitri Surensky
Music by	Nikolai Budashkin
Production company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	1968
Running time	81 min
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

There exists a Russian idiom, "to go through fire, water and trumpets" (пройти огонь, воду и медные трубы) meaning approximately "to go to hell and back"; in other words, to persevere in the face of extreme adversity.[1]

The young collier Vasya goes into the forest to collect firewood. In a clearing he spies the lovely Alyonushka grazing her goat Byelochka. As soon as he has fallen in love with the girl, werewolves appear and kidnap her to deliver to the wicked Koshchei. To rescue his beloved, Vasya must go through a literal version of the titular proverb:[2] first he must pass through the kingdoms of fire and water, then contend with the more challenging "trumpets", that is, to resist the temptation of fame and flattery.[3]

Cast

• Natalya Sedykh — Alyonushka
• Aleksei Katyshev — Vasya
• Georgy Millyar — Koshchei, Baba Yaga
• Vera Altayskaya — daughter of Baba Yaga
• Koshchei's werewolves:
  • Lev Potyomkin — Blackbeard
  • Alexander Khvylya — Baldy
  • Anatoly Kubatsky — Cyclops
• Leonid Kharitonov — Fedul VI
• Muza Krepkogorskaya — Sofyushka
• Aleksei Smirnov — Head firefighter
• Pavel Pavlenko — Vodyanoy
• Arkady Tsinman — Adviser
• Zoya Vasilkova — Adviser
• Mikhail Pugovkin — Tsar
• Lidiya Korolyova — Tsarina
• Inga Budkevich — Princess

References

External links

• Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Fire, Water, and Brass Pipes

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[ru] Огонь, вода и… медные трубы

«Огонь, вода и… медные трубы» — советский полнометражный цветной художественный фильм-сказка, поставленный на Центральной киностудии детских и юношеских фильмов имени М. Горького в 1967 году режиссёром Александром Роу. Премьера состоялась 29 декабря 1968 года. Интересно, что роль главной героини - Алены - играет та же актриса, что и Настю в более раннем фильме Морозко. По этой причине в народе фильм назвали "новыми приключениями Настеньки".

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