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The Little Mermaid

1976-11-12 · 84 min · ★ 6.8

Fantasy · Romance

The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land.

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Directors
Karel Kachyňa
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov, Mosfilm
Countries
Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Miroslava ŠafránkováMiroslava ŠafránkováThe Little Mermaid
Radovan LukavskýRadovan LukavskýKing of All Seas
Petr SvojtkaPetr SvojtkaPrince of the Southern Empire
Marie RosůlkováMarie RosůlkováGrandmother
Milena DvorskáMilena DvorskáWitch
Libuše ŠafránkováLibuše ŠafránkováPrincess from the Neighboring Empire
Jiří OrnestJiří OrnestPrince's Aide
Dagmar PatrasováDagmar PatrasováLittle Mermaid's First Sister
Jiřina KrejčíkováQueen of the Blue Sea
Alexej OkuněvKing of the Ice Sea
Jaroslava SchallerováJaroslava SchallerováQueen of the Ice Sea
Milan HeinMilan HeinKing of the Yellow Sea
Jana ŠvandováJana ŠvandováQueen of the Yellow Sea
Jan J. VágnerPrince of the Sea of the Setting Sun
Jiří SvětlíkKing of the Black Sea
Andrea ČunderlíkováAndrea ČunderlíkováQueen of the Black Sea
Petr SkarkeKing of the Yellow Sea (voice)
Petr SvobodaPetr SvobodaPrince of the Sargasso Sea
Shizuka IshikawaOriental Princess
Dana KubálkováEuropean Princess

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