Synopsis
Father Frost (Morozko, 1965) is Aleksandr Rou's beloved Russian fairy tale, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Gentle Nastenka is worked to the bone by her stepmother, then sent into the freezing forest to die.
That is where she meets Morozko, the old master of winter. Nearby lives Ivan — a handsome young man with an ego the size of the woods. A forest sorcerer turns the braggart into a bear, and only a string of hard trials will earn him his face back and Nastenka's hand. Natalya Sedykh plays Nastenka, Eduard Izotov plays Ivan, and the great Georgy Millyar appears as Baba Yaga, the cackling witch of Russian lore.
Rou spent his career filming folk tales, and this is the peak of the craft: painted frost patterns, a hut on chicken legs, a sleigh pulled by pigs. American TV once aired it at Christmas as Jack Frost. In Russia families rewatch it every winter. It's that rare children's film with no sugar overload, one grown-ups enjoy too. Stream Father Frost (1965) online on iFILM.
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