| The Stone Flower | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Written by | Pavel Bazhov Ivan Keller |
| Starring | Vladimir Druzhnikov |
| Cinematography | Fyodor Provorov |
| Music by | Lev Shvarts |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Stone Flower (Russian: Каменный цветок, romanized: Kamennyy tsvetok) is a 1946 Soviet fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is an adaptation of Pavel Bazhov's story of the same name, in turn based on Ural region Russian folklore. It also incorporates plot elements from the stories "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain" and "The Master Craftsman".[1]
The Stone Flower was theatrically released by Mosfilm on 28 April 1946.[2] It was the Soviet Union's first color film shot on Agfacolor negative film seized in Germany,[3][4] and was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.[5] It was a success at the box-office in the year 1946 in USSR, it was seen by 23.17 million viewers.[3]
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- ^ "The Stone Flower (1946)" (in Russian). The Russian Cinema Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b Alexander Shirokorad (2013). Великая контрибуция. Что СССР получил после войны. Вече. p. 16. ISBN 978-5-4444-0766-0.
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 392.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Stone Flower". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2009.