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The Wild Swans
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The Wild Swans

1987-12-18 · 86 min · ★ 6.0

Adventure · Fantasy · Family

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live in the village as an ordinary peasant girl and turns all the princes into wild swans. The princes are stuck being swans all day long and only at night can they regain their true form. When Eliise is 15 years old, she learns about the fate of her brothers and now she must overcome the obstacles put in her way by her stepmother in order to release her brothers from the spell.

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Directors
Helle Karis
Production companies
Tallinnfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Katri HormaKatri HormaEliise
Juris ŽagarsJuris ŽagarsYoung King
Andrejs ŽagarsAndrejs ŽagarsArchbishop
Ines AruInes AruGood Mother
Gunnar KilgasGunnar KilgasKing, Eliise's Father
Liina OrlovaLiina OrlovaEvil Queen
Helend PeepHelend PeepOld Man
Arvo KruusementArvo KruusementChamber Master
Kaspar JancisKaspar JancisEliise's Brother
Levi-Danel MägilaEliise's Brother
Peter MurdmaaEliise's Brother
Jürmo EespereEliise's Brother
Kristjan KõverEliise's Brother
Kristjan KruusementEliise's Brother
Tanel UrbEliise's Brother
Hardi KompaEliise's Brother
Verner MättasEliise's Brother
Indrek OoluEliise's Brother
Luule KomissarovLuule KomissarovWitch
Leida RammoLeida RammoWitch

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