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The Wild Swans (1987)

Original title: Metsluiged

1987-12-18 · 1h 26m · ET
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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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Savva KulishWriterHelle KarisDirector, WriterJuhan ViidingWriterCarl LevollDirector

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Katri HormaKatri HormaEliiseJuris ŽagarsJuris ŽagarsYoung KingAndrejs ŽagarsAndrejs ŽagarsArchbishopInes AruInes AruGood MotherGunnar KilgasGunnar KilgasKing, Eliise's FatherLiina OrlovaLiina OrlovaEvil QueenHelend PeepHelend PeepVanataatMarje MetsurMarje MetsurWitchArvo KruusementArvo KruusementChamber Master

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Soviet unionArthouse

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Genre affinityFantasy · Adventure · FamilyTheme affinitySoviet Union · ArthousePacingShortEmotional intensityFamilyDirector preference771525 · 771527Actor preference365653 · 765485 · 767801

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What is The Wild Swans about?

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.

How long is The Wild Swans?

The Wild Swans has a runtime of 86 minutes.

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