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Scarlet Sails
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381214222
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: English (Subtitled), Russian (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1961
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Editorial Review:
On December 14, 1825, the military units of the Russian army were In this poetic adaptation of the Alexander Grin fairy tale, retired sailor Longren lives in a small fisherman's village with his daughter. Brave sailor Gray sees the value in both of them and decides to make the young girl's dreams come true by taking her on a ship under crimson sails.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - One more quick review
I just want to add two quick things to the other reviews, which are all right on target. The first is that the dvd offers a number of ways to view the movie, in assorted language / subtitle configurations. I found that leaving the Russian dialogue, but with English subtitles, worked best for me. You can listen to it dubbed in English, but I think it detracts from the feel of the film. Second is that the film is 'dated' and foreign, so don't expect a Disney-style experience. This is in fact what ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful fairy tale with interesting costume choices
One of my favorite fairytales of all time. Beautiful story from a Russian perspective. The costume choices are quirky but delight me as they have a slight Tim Burton quality.
Rating: - "...miracles are made with one's own hands."
"Alye Parusa" aka "Scarlet Sails" (1962) which is a screen adaptation of one of the most beautiful romantic, poetic, and charming books ever written "Scarlet Sails" by Alexnader Green) is one of my favorite movies since childhood. It's been many years since I saw "Scarlet Sails" but it still has the same power over me. Watching it again recently, I realized how incredibly beautiful it is, how wonderfully directed by "Walt Disney of the Soviet Union", Alexander Ptushko who had made such masterpieces as ... Read More
Rating: - wonderful - wonderful
Alexander Ptushko is known for his fantasies but this simple romance is his best. It is wonderful and warm and a romance to be treasured. And it is not overproduced. In this cynical age you can do much worse than this outstanding film.
Rating: - Russian Romance
Scarlet sails is a beautiful and romantic film. It is based on a novella written in the twenties by Alexandr Grin. The film remains faithful to the original story, only changing a few small details. The story begins with a young girl called Assol' growing up poor and lonely in a fishing village. The village children think her strange and won't play with her. One day however she meets an old man who predicts that when she grows up a ship will arrive with scarlet sails and it will have on it a prince who ... Read More
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