Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes
Seen it?1968 | 86 min | Fantasy, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans and families. If you loved Enchanted, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 26 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1968: an older pace and style.
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Aleksandr Rou
- Natalya SedykhAlyonushka
- Aleksei KatyshevVasya
- Georgi MillyarKashchej
- Aleksandr KhvyliaPleshivyj
- Anatoliy KubatskiyOdnoglasyj
- Leonid KharitonovFedul VI
- Mikhail PugovkinTsar
- Inga BudkevichTsarevna
- Aleksei SmirnovFireman
- Muza KrepkogorskayaSofyushka