The Snow Queen
Directed by	Gennadi Kazansky
Written by	Evgeny Schwartz
Starring	Elena Proklova Slava Tsyupa
Cinematography	Sergei Ivanov
Music by	Nadezhda Simonyan
Production companies	Lenfilm Second Creative Collective[1][2]
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (dubbed version)
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Snow Queen (Russian: Снежная королева, romanized: Snezhnaya koroleva) is a Soviet 1967 fantasy film, directed by Gennadi Kazansky and based on the eponymous 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.^[2][3]

Plot

On a frosty winter evening, the Snow Queen kidnaps Kai and turns his heart into a piece of ice. Gerda, wishing to return Kai home goes to search for him. She experiences many trials to get to the Snow Queen's palace and to retrieve Kai from icy captivity.

Cast

• Valery Nikitenko – The Storyteller
• Elena Proklova – Gerda
• Slava Ziupa – Kay
• Evgenia Melnikova – Grandmother
• Natalia Klimova – The Snow Queen
• Nikolai Boyarsky – Counselor
• Yevgeny Leonov – King Eric XXIX
• Irina Gubanova – The Princess
• George Korolchuk – Prince
• Olga Viklandt – The Chieftain
• Era Ziganshina – The Little Robber
• Andrei Kostrichkin – Ghost
• Vera Titova – Inkwell