This tale is based upon the legends born in ancient times in the old Russian city of Novgorod.
Novgorod’s merchants are feasting in a gorgeous palace. A young gusli player named Sadko is bragging that he can bring to their land a sweet-voiced bird of happiness. But the merchants are ridiculing him. Nevertheless, Sadko sets off on a travel to bring the bird of happiness to Novgorod. He is offered help by the daughter of the Ocean King – she is mesmerized by Sadko’s singing and is in love with him. The hero is destined to visit many lands in his search of the bird. He will come to India, Egypt and other countries. But only on his return to his native Novgorod, would Sadko realize that there is no better land than the one you were born in. And so there is no need to go far in search of one’s happiness.

Awards: Silver Prize at the Venice IFF, 1953
* For his portrayal of Sadko, actor S. Stolyarov was included in the list of the world’s best actors in the 50-year history of film at the Venice IFF (1953)

Special features: Video subjects: «Father», «Reflections on a theme…»;
* Documentary film “The Fairy-Tale world of Alexander Ptushko”;
* Filmographies;
* Photo album;
* Soon on DVD
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V roskoshnyh horomah v Novgorode na «pochesten pir» sobralis' imenitye kupcy. Pohvalyayutsya gosti svoim bogatstvom i vlast'yu. No prihodit na pir guslyar Sadko (S. Stolyarov, «Cirk», «Vasilisa Prekrasnaya», «Ivan Groznyi») i korit kupcov za pustuyu pohval'bu, za to, chto bez tolku piruyut i brajnichayut.
On mechtaet snaryadit' krasnym tovarom korabli i daleko po prostoram zemli raznesti slavu Novgoroda, a zaodno i dobyt' sladkogolosuyu pticu schast'ya.
Vo mnogih zamorskih stranah dovedetsya pobyvat' dobromu molodcu s vernoi drujinoi. I tol'ko vernuvshis' v rodnoi Novgorod, k nenaglyadnoi Lyubave (A. Larionova, «Anna na shee», «Dvenadcataya noch'»), poimet Sadko odnu prostuyu istinu: net zemli doroje toi, na kotoroi vyros! I za schast'em daleko hodit' ne obyazatel'no…
Po motivam onejskih bylin.

Nagrady:
* Serebryanyi priz na MKF v Venecii (1953).
* Akter S. Stolyarov za ispolnenie roli Sadko prichislen k luchshim akteram mira za poluvekovuyu istoriyu kino na MKF v Venecii (1953).

Dopolnitel'nyi material (bonus-trek):
* Videosyujety: «Otec», «Razmyshleniya na temu…»;
* Dokumental'nyi fil'm «Skazochnyi mir A. Ptushko»;
* Fil'mografii;
* Fotoal'bom;
* Smotrite na DVD

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