"Vasilisa the Beautiful" is a 1939 Soviet film produced by Soyuzdetfilm and directed by Aleksandr Rou. It was based on a traditional Russian fairy tale "The frog tsarevna". It was the first large-budget feature in the Soviet Union to use fantasy elements, as opposed to the realistic style long favored politically.
"Vasilisa the Beautiful" is a 1939 Soviet film produced by Soyuzdetfilm and directed by Aleksandr Rou. It was based on a traditional Russian fairy tale "The frog tsarevna". It was the first large-budget feature in the Soviet Union to use fantasy elements, as opposed to the realistic style long favored politically.