Quicksnow?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:38 pm
I ran across an old Russian (Soviet?) public-domain film from 1957 with an interesting scene. Interesting to us that is.
LINK: http://youtu.be/q8t8fZ1MQ-w
(Scene begins at the 49 minute, 52 second mark)
It appears to be some sort of low-budget fairy tale film of a bad-mannered princess that gets kidnapped by a bear-like creature and forced to live on the woods, where she learned to be good.
In one scene she is gathering moss when some sort of woodland creature (a horse with antlers and a bad wig tied to his head...like I said, Low Budget) wanders into the scene, walking towards us in a wide trench. Suddenly some runty guy hiding up on the hill, a midget Jack Frost if you will who's been a pest the whole movie, makes it snow. The snow deepens and the deer-horse (Dorse?) starts having trouble keeping footing.
The girl, now humbly outfitted in a plain peasant dress and bare feet, sees this and climbs into the trench to assist, soon finding herself sinking in a very quicksand-like situation. Her struggles are great, and she does a full submersion. No grim endings here.
Hope you enjoy.
LINK: http://youtu.be/q8t8fZ1MQ-w
(Scene begins at the 49 minute, 52 second mark)
It appears to be some sort of low-budget fairy tale film of a bad-mannered princess that gets kidnapped by a bear-like creature and forced to live on the woods, where she learned to be good.
In one scene she is gathering moss when some sort of woodland creature (a horse with antlers and a bad wig tied to his head...like I said, Low Budget) wanders into the scene, walking towards us in a wide trench. Suddenly some runty guy hiding up on the hill, a midget Jack Frost if you will who's been a pest the whole movie, makes it snow. The snow deepens and the deer-horse (Dorse?) starts having trouble keeping footing.
The girl, now humbly outfitted in a plain peasant dress and bare feet, sees this and climbs into the trench to assist, soon finding herself sinking in a very quicksand-like situation. Her struggles are great, and she does a full submersion. No grim endings here.
Hope you enjoy.
