The Princess and the Pea

The Princess on a Pea is a 1977 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev. Plot Based on the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. When the time came for the prince to get married, an announcement appeared on the gate of the palace: A princess is required. But the prince did not wait for the visit and set off in search of himself. Going around a great many lands, the prince returned home, where he soon found the one he was dreaming of. Cast Irina Malysheva as the Princess on a Pea Andrey Podoshian as Prince (as Andrey Podoshyan) Irina Yurevich First Princess Innokenty Smoktunovsky as King Alisa Freindlikh as Queen Marina Livanova Second Princess Yuri Chekulayev as First King Aleksandr Kalyagin as Second King Vasiliy Kupriyanov as Swineherd Igor Kvasha as Troll Svetlana Orlova as Third Princess Viktor Sergachyov as Herald Irina Murzaeva as marquise Yevgeny Steblov as poet Vladimir Zeldin as Chief Hofmeister Awards Special jury prize of the X All-Union Film Festival in Riga for creative efforts in the development of the fairy tale genre (Boris Rytsarev)