The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Helle KarisDirector
- Juhan ViidingWriter
- Savva KulishWriter
- Helle KarisWriter
- Oleg KaravaichukOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Katri HormaEliise
- Juris ŽagarsYoung King
- Andrejs ŽagarsArchbishop
- Ines AruGood Mother
- Gunnar KilgasKing, Eliise's Father
- Liina OrlovaEvil Queen
- Helend PeepOld Man
- Arvo KruusementChamber Master
- Kaspar JancisEliise's Brother
- Levi-Danel MägilaEliise's Brother
- Peter MurdmaaEliise's Brother
- Jürmo EespereEliise's Brother
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Themes
soviet union