Film "Cinderella": actors. "Cinderella" 1947. "Three nuts for Cinderella": actors and roles

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

One of the most wonderful fairy tales that many of us remember from childhood is Cinderella. This is a touching story about a poor motherless girl who ends up marrying a prince. It is noteworthy that from year to year the plot of the fairy tale written by Charles Perrault undergoes various changes. Films are released annually, many of which are presented in a modern interpretation. However, the most remarkable picture, the popularity of which, despite the fact that it was released back in 1973, does not fade away, is the film adaptation of Three Nuts for Cinderella. What is this film? What is the secret of her success? What actors were involved in it? Cinderella is a unique work, rewritten and expanded millions of times.

The era of Cinderella in fairy tales and films

As we have already said, a lot of various films have been shot recently about a poor girl who loved to work. However, many of them are by no means children's fairy tales and are not suitable for children. But there is a "Cinderella" (actors and roles will be described below), which everyone remembers. This is a fairy tale film dated 1947year. In this film, there is a vivid trace of the literary character created by Charles Perrault.

According to the plot, Cinderella is left without a mother, and her father, after a while, marries a second time. Moreover, his choice falls on a widowed lady with two young daughters. It would seem that the life of a young and dreamy person is getting better, as she has a full-fledged family. However, the stepmother and her daughters do not like Cinderella, on the contrary, they dump all the housework on her. It is interesting that the actors were specially selected for this film. "Cinderella", mainly due to their phenomenal acting, brought its creators universal recognition and fame.

The only assistant and adviser for a girl is her godmother, she helps her goddaughter in every possible way and protects her along with her assistant, a young page. So, she turns the girl's rags into a magnificent dress, gives her a carriage. And Cinderella goes to the ball. With the last blow of the chimes at 12 o'clock, the magic loses its power. Running down the stairs, the heroine loses her shoe. The prince picks her up. He falls in love with a girl, finds her by her shoe, and they play a gorgeous wedding.

What are critics saying about the film?

According to many film critics, the actors of the film "Cinderella" coped with their task. They conveyed the plot and conveyed their experiences and emotional state to the viewer. Faina Ranevskaya, for example, got used to the role so much that even in subsequent films in which she was involved, she continued to maintainthe character of an evil and ironic stepmother.

Who helped make the story realistic?

The actors were able to make the children's fairy tale the most realistic. "Cinderella" thanks to them gained worldwide popularity and recognition. The film stars artists such as:

• Yanina Zheimo (plays Cinderella);
• Aleksey Konsovsky (played the prince in love);
• Erast Garin (played the king);
• Faina Ranevskaya (she got the role of stepmother);
• Elena Junger and Maryana Sezenevskaya (stepmother's daughter);
• Varvara Myasnikova (good fairy godmother);
• Igor Klimenkov (played the page boy);
• Vasily Merkuriev (father of the main character).

Other actors also starred in this tape. "Cinderella" is a film that brought fame to many of them. And for some, for example, for Yanina Zheymo, on the contrary, he became the last. Before her role in the fairy tale, the actress has already played in 35 films. Cinderella was the last film in which she appeared. Subsequently, the girl was engaged exclusively in dubbing foreign films. She later got married and went abroad with her husband.

After some time, the actors of the film "Cinderella" were involved in other adaptations of fairy tales, as well as in films and theatrical performances.

For example, Faina Ranevskaya (stepmother), after the adaptation of Cinderella, starred in such films as Private Alexander Matrosov (played a military doctor), Meeting on the Elbe (the role of Mrs. McDermot), is the Motherland” (played by Frau Wurst), etc.

I wonder what, in addition to the beautifulpositive plot, there were also wonderful phrases in the fairy tale "Cinderella" (1947). Actors pronounced them with a certain meaning and intonation. Many of them have become winged, for example, the phrase of a little page: "I'm not a magician, I'm just learning…"

Cartoon Cinderella

In addition to films, many animated films were shot about the hard worker Cinderella. A striking example of this is the cartoon of the same name, released on screens in 1950. According to the plot, the picture has common features with the previous film: again, a kind main character appears before us, who now and then suffers reproaches and reproaches from her stepmother and her daughters. However, this time, additional colorful characters appear in the script, such as the evil cat Lucifer, the dog Bruno, the horse Major, the mouse Gus.

In the cartoon, of course, real actors do not appear on the screen before the viewer. Cinderella, however, was filmed in the best traditions of animated films. Each character has not just a role, but also a clearly visible character. For example, Lucifer regularly does dirty tricks to the main character. Every now and then he tries to leave dirty footprints from his paws on the floor polished by the girl to a shine in the living room. He attacks the mice, and the dog Bruno protects them, etc. There are many bright colors and songs in the cartoon. This is a real musical in a cartoon version.

It is noteworthy that this animated film "Cinderella" (the actors and the roles they voiced made up a considerable share of the success of the cartoon) is full of funny scenes, humor and generally leavespositive impression. That is why it has not lost its relevance even now.

Cartoon "Cinderella": actors and roles voiced by them

The Cinderella cartoon is voiced by actors and actresses such as:

• Eileen Woods (Cinderella);
• Eleanor Audley (stepmother);
• Jimmy McDonald (two mice: Jacques and Gus, as well as dog Bruno);
• June Foray (cat Lucifer);
• Verna Felton (fairy);
• Rhoda Williams and Lucille Bliss (Anastasia and Drizella respectively);
• Louis Van Ruten (Duke and King);
• Mike Douglas and William Phipps (both voiced the prince).

Unusual adaptation of Cinderella

The most unusual and memorable adaptation of the fairy tale is the film "Three Nuts for Cinderella". Actors for this picture were selected very carefully. For example, five young actresses claimed the role of the main character at once. The film itself was filmed at two film studios (German and Czechoslovak): DEFA and Barrandov. Filming took place in one of the colorful castles called Moritzburg (it was there that the episodes with the royal residence were filmed), in Sumava, the village of Schvichov and other picturesque places in Pilsen.

Unlike other adaptations, in the fairy tale "Three Nuts for Cinderella" (the actors playing the roles in the film will be listed a little later), the main character is helped not by a fairy with a page, but by three magic nuts.

"Three nuts for Cinderella": a brief plot of the picture

In fact, the plot is based on the fairy tale about Cinderella, created by the notorious Brothers Grimm, withsome additions from Bozena Nemtsova. In the center of events is, of course, Cinderella. Unlike her other prototypes, this girl knows how to ride a horse and shoots a bow perfectly. She lives in her stepmother's house and plays the role of a servant rather than a full-fledged daughter.

Prince is a wayward and obstinate guy who loves to hunt more than study. His parents want to get married, which is why he constantly argues and quarrels with them. During one of his trips through the forest, the future royal heir to the throne meets Cinderella. In total, the girl and the playful young man meet three times: twice in the forest and once at the ball. They fall in love with each other, the main character loses her shoe, and then the movie Cinderella ends with a wedding.

The actors and the roles they played were loved by the audience. The film itself carries positive emotions, contains pleasant musical accompaniment, spectacular costumes and beautiful natural landscapes.

Who starred in the film "Three Nuts for Cinderella"?

The cast is perfectly matched in the film. It starred such artists as:

• Libushe Shafrankova (played the role of the main character);
• Carola Brownbock (played stepmother);
• Pavel Travnichek (played the prince);
• Daniela Glavachova (played the stepmother's daughter);
• Rolf Hoppe (played the king);
• Milos Vavrushka (played the hunter);
• Karin Lesh (played the queen) and others.

Interesting moments during filming

It is not easy to retell to the viewerCinderella story. Actors and roles are selected so that each artist can convey their emotions and mood with the help of skillful acting and facial expressions. It is interesting that the performers of the roles of the main characters (Cinderella and the Prince), Libushe Shafrankova and Pavel Travnichek, in reality also experienced pleasant love feelings. According to Travnicek, in between filming, the lovers ran away from everyone into the forest and secretly kissed.

The original budget of the picture was 2 million crowns. However, later the director managed to find sponsors among the German partners, who added another 1 million crowns. That is why both German and Czech actors were filmed in the film. At the same time, they all spoke the text exclusively in their own language. The film was later dubbed.

During the filming was not without improvisation. In the last scene, according to the script, it was planned that Cinderella and the prince were to ride horses into the distance. However, on the day of filming, so much snow fell that in the finale, the prince's horse simply fell into a snowdrift. Therefore, Pavel Travnicek had no choice but to watch the girl galloping forward.