This opens like a Powell & Pressburger film with some glorious photography and musical accompaniment to kick-start an amiable fantasy adventure. It's all about the dreams of the young "Assol" (Yelena Cheremshanova) who has an encounter with a wizard who fills her head with what is seemingly the most impossible dream. She's young and impressionable, though, and very much takes to heart his promise that one day a…
Scarlet Sails (1961)
When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive and the noble prince would take her away to the world of her dreams where she will be loved and happy. The neighbours joked about her, children teased her, but Assol chose to believe in miracles and wait for her prince.
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Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Assol
Vasili Lanovoy
Arthur Grey
Ivan Pereverzev
Longrene
Sergei Martinson
Filipp
Nikolai Volkov St.
Aglie
Sergei Romodanov
Captain Gop
Oleg Anofriev
Letika
Pavel Volkov
Poldishok
Zoya Fyodorova
Governess
Yevgeni Morgunov
Policeman
Pavel Massalsky
Arthur's father
Emmanuil Geller
Zimmer
Grigoriy Shpigel
Menners Jr.
Gemma Firsova
Arthur's mother
Anna Orochko
Aleksei Alekseyev
Panten, mate (in credits N. Alekseev)
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What is Scarlet Sails about?
When Assol was a little girl, she met a wizard who foretold that it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail would arrive and the noble prince would take her away to the world of her dreams where she will be loved and happy. The neighbours joked about…
When was Scarlet Sails released?
Scarlet Sails was released in 1961.
What genres does Scarlet Sails belong to?
Scarlet Sails is categorised as Romance, Drama, Fantasy.
Who stars in Scarlet Sails?
The cast of Scarlet Sails includes Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Vasili Lanovoy, Ivan Pereverzev, Sergei Martinson, Nikolai Volkov St..