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- American full-length musical fantasy film cartoon 1950 produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault.

The Disney studio spent $2.5 million and six years of work, from 1944 to 1950, to produce the film. A lot of effort went into experimenting with new animation techniques, creating images with three-dimensional shapes and searching for new ones. expressive means. Musical accompaniment for the film "Cinderella" consists of 6 songs, each of which is organically connected with the plot and emphasizes the most important points. These are the songs:

• “A dream will arrive by chance”;
• “Sing, nightingale”;
• "Cinderella at work";
• "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (magic song);
• "My love".

The film was voiced by 9 actors and actresses. In addition to them, more than sixty people worked on the picture. Among them are animators, painters, writers, composers and many other specialists. And all of them were led by Walt Disney himself. After its premiere in 1950, the film was revised and re-released every seven to eight years. It is dubbed into dozens of languages ​​and is watched on all continents.

In the late 1980s, Cinderella was released on Home Video by Walt Disney Classics. In Russia, since the early 1990s, it has been distributed in pirated copies in single-voice translations by Alexei Mikhalev, Mikhail Ivanov, Viktor Makhonko and others.

Plot

Once upon a time there was a girl, Cinderella, who lived with her widowed father. Believing that his daughter needed a mother, her father married a widow who had two daughters - Drizella and Anastasia. After the death of her husband, Cinderella's stepmother showed her true “face” - anger, greed and hatred. She turned Cinderella into a housewife-maid and transferred the entire inheritance to herself.

Time passed, the girl became more and more beautiful, despite the fact that she did the most difficult things around the house. menial work. In addition, Cinderella had a kind heart and soul, so all the animals that lived near her house were friends with her. Cinderella had friends at home: the dog Bruno, the horse Major, as well as mice and birds who lived nearby. Cinderella especially became friends with Jacques, the eldest of the house mice. Cinderella pulled the other mouse out of the mousetrap. She named him Gus. Every day the girl had to perform a number of duties: feed the chickens, care for the owner’s cat Lucifer, and also prepare food for her stepmother and her daughters.

One morning, the mouse Gus was running from the cat Lucifer who was chasing him. To escape, he crawled under Anastasia's tea cup. Anastasia, seeing that a mouse was hiding under the cup, blamed Cinderella for everything. Her stepmother added more housework to her. At this time, in the palace, the king was worried about who to marry his son, the prince. He really wanted grandchildren and therefore sent his duke to deliver an invitation to the ball to all the young ladies of the kingdom.

Meanwhile, at home, Cinderella is given invitations to a ball at the palace. She enters the room where the stepmother's daughter is singing at this time. When Cinderella asks if she can go to the ball too, her stepsisters start laughing at her. To this Cinderella replies that every girl has the right to attend the ball. The stepmother agrees with her, saying that she can go to the ball if she does all the housework and finds herself a suitable dress. Cinderella's stepmother forbids her to take her mother's old dress, and, in addition, asks her great amount homework. Wanting to help Cinderella, the mice successfully make her a dress.

However, the sisters, seeing Cinderella in a beautiful robe, in wild anger tear her dress and drive the girl away. After which he and his mother go to the ball. Cinderella is crying. At this moment, the fairy godmother appears and provides Cinderella with everything she needs to go to the ball. She turns mice into horses, Bruno the dog into a footman, Major the horse into a coachman, a pumpkin into a carriage, and her torn dress into a beautiful snow-white and blue ball gown. For all this, the fairy had only to say: “Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!” Cinderella leaves for the ball, and the fairy godmother warns her that she must return before midnight, because at midnight all her magic will return.

At the ball, the prince does not pay any attention to the arriving girls. This fact greatly upsets the king. The Duke is already convincing him that the ball was started in vain, but just at this time Cinderella appears at the ball, the prince approaches her, and the king interrupts the Duke’s speech. However, upon seeing Cinderella, the prince immediately takes her hand and begins to dance with her. The king asks his duke to make sure that no one disturbs them. The stepmother tries to get a closer look at Cinderella, but the Duke interferes with her by closing the curtain, behind which Cinderella and the prince are hiding. Meanwhile, midnight approached. The clock struck and Cinderella ran away.

Everyone rushes in pursuit of her, but the girl manages to return home unnoticed. One of the glass slippers remained on her foot. Returning to the palace, the duke tells the king about the misfortune that happened, although before the king was terribly upset and wanted to hack the duke to death until the latter showed his shoe. Then the satisfied king offers to look for the prince's bride by the shoe that Cinderella lost when she ran down the stairs.

The next morning, it was announced in the kingdom that the girl who would fit the glass slipper was the prince’s bride. The stepmother, hearing the news, informs her ugly daughters about this. Cinderella hears her stepmother's conversation with her daughters, begins to hum the melody that she and the prince sang when they danced, while going to the tower where she lives to change clothes. Realizing that Cinderella is the same girl with whom the prince danced, the stepmother tricks her into locking her there.

The Duke arrives at the stepmother's house. The mice quietly take the key out of their stepmother's pocket and take it to Cinderella. Their stepmother's cat named Lucifer interferes with them, but the dog Bruno drives him away. Cinderella opens the door. One of the stepmother's daughters, Anastasia, begins unsuccessfully trying on a shoe, which turns out to be disproportionately small for her. Drizella then tries to put the shoe on, causing her foot to become crooked beyond belief.

The Duke is about to leave when Cinderella suddenly appears on the stairs and asks to try on a shoe. The stepmother tries to prevent this, saying that Cinderella is simple maid, but the Duke sternly reminds her that any girl should try on the shoe. The footman runs to Cinderella with the shoe, but at that moment the stepmother offers him a cane, the footman falls, drops the shoe and it breaks. The Duke is frightened, not knowing what is now threatening him from the king. However, Cinderella takes out a second shoe from her apron pocket. The Duke is delighted, and the stepmother is shocked by such an unexpected turn. Then the sisters realized what kind of girl was at the ball and asked Cinderella for forgiveness for all the insults that she suffered from them. And Cinderella forgave them from the bottom of her heart. The cartoon ends with a scene of a cheerful and happy wedding.

Production

Released at the junction initial work Disney's 1930s and more classical drawing forms in the 1940s, Cinderella was less enthusiastically received by critics. "Cinderella" was the first cartoon released after World War II ("", 1942). Second World War and the resulting decline in box office sales forced Disney to release a number of low-cost films such as "" and "" during the 1940s. A short version of the cartoon was created by Walt Disney himself back in 1922.

The cartoon won the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 1951. Walt Disney received a special award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1950 for the cartoon.

The prototype for Cinderella was actress Ingrid Bergman.

The key to Cinderella's success was to combine the famous, time-honored story with wit and fun that would freshen the tale and adapt it to modern audiences. Cinderella was a big risk for Disney; if it had failed, the studio would likely have stopped funding feature films. But the film was a success and already collected $4,000,000 in its first release, which raised the studio’s financial position to highest level since 1938. Walt Disney reduced the risk in working on Cinderella to a minimum. There should not have been a single ambiguity, not a single “wrong turn” that could reduce the income of the film. Rather than embark on endless and expensive experiments with story structure and natural character movements, Disney decided to use live actors for most of the shots. The film footage was studied as much as possible, and the main movements were carefully tracked. One of artistic techniques The film featured complex color modeling by Claude Coates and Mary Blair. Cool colors were heavily used to create the backgrounds, so that in contrast with them the characters seemed even more vibrant and alive. The same technique was later used by Michael Giaimo when creating "" (1995).

Heroes

At the beginning of the project, Disney wanted to turn to the image of Snow White, but ultimately decided to show the world a completely new princess, which would be worthy successor everyone's favorite Snow White.

To create the image of a beautiful maid, 18-year-old actress Helen Stanley was brought in, who breathed life into her fairy tale character. Eric Larson, one of the studio's artists, praised Helene's role in creating the character of Cinderella, admitting that the actress was a great source of inspiration for the animators in creating a convincingly realistic girl. In 1956, in one episode of The Mickey Mouse Club, Helen even recreated her actions as Cinderella, wearing the same costume that she wore during the film sketches.

It is noteworthy that Helen Stanley also served as a living model for her half-sister Drizella.

Also, the popular radio singer Ilene Woods had a profound influence on the creation of the heartfelt image of Cinderella, giving the beautiful princess a wonderful voice. It is noteworthy that after auditioning 350 performers, Walt Disney became excited when he heard Ilene sing. The singer was immediately hired to voice Cinderella. The songs from the film became hits at the time of its release and remain so to this day.

As a result, the image of Cinderella is perfectly revealed in animation - the heroine turned out to be lively and touching, the viewer feels her pain, joy, sadness and, at the same time, the presence of a strong spirit.

Just like Snow White, surrounded by funny dwarves, the new princess needed a dynamic comedic environment. “We have to create little friends for Cinderella,” Walt said. These cheerful characters were... mice - smart Jacques and plump Gus made up a delightful comic duo.

The other animals surrounding Cinderella are also interesting. The cat Lucifer is especially noteworthy.

Creation

Filming lasted six years, from 1944 to 1950. Several dozen people worked on the film. Among them are actors who voiced the characters, directors, artists, animators, writers, composers and other creative specialists. The entire work process was supervised by Walt Disney himself.

Particularly a lot of effort was spent on searching for new animation techniques, creating volumetric forms and the use of new means of expression. And, as always, the animation of the cartoon meets the highest standards.

Almost the entire picture was created using the latest for that time technical reception Live Action - First, real actors were filmed, then they were outlined.

One of creative techniques The painting is a complex modeling of colors. Most of the background of the film consists of cool colors, shading the characters and making them even brighter and more alive.

The characters' personalities are reflected in their appearance. Each hero has his own personality, his own facial expression: Cinderella is kind and honest, the stepmother is cold and evil, the king is good-natured and a little strict. The drawn characters are so similar to real people! What are the sleepy Cinderella, the funny faces of the mice, and the stepmother darkening with anger worth!

Mark Davis, who created the unforgettable moment of transforming Cinderella's rags into a shimmering sequined dress, recalled that when asked by a studio guest about his favorite animation, Walt Disney replied, "Well, I think that's where Cinderella got her dress."

The landscapes of the painting are both fabulous and realistic at the same time. Nature drawn to the smallest detail, Cinderella’s house and Royal Palace– all the details are depicted so beautifully and authentically. It is felt that incredible work and soul of its creators were invested in the film. Maybe this is what makes Disney films so unique, unforgettable and beloved.

The film's music is also excellent. The story of Cinderella is accompanied by six songs, each of which emphasizes the most important moments of the plot: “Cinderella”, “Cinderella at Work”, “Bibbidi-Bibbidi-Boo”, “Yes, That’s Love”, “In the Heart Your Dreams Are Born” and “Sing , nightingale." Beautiful voices and melodies make the songs memorable.

The magical song "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Awards and nominations

1950 – special award Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion nomination;

1951- Prize of the Berlin Film Festival "Golden Bear" for best musical, prize audience choice“Large bronze plate”;

1951- Academy Award nomination for best sound, best song and the best soundtrack for musical films;

1960– nomination at the Berlin Film Festival for the Golden Bear prize.

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• • Cinderella is also the second Disney princess and the eighth oldest at 17 years old.

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    When Cinderella sings “Sing, Sweet Nightingale,” three air bubbles form the ears and head of Mickey Mouse, a Disney signature.

    After its release, the film was revised every seven to eight years.

    Cinderella has been translated into many languages ​​and is watched and loved all over the world.

    The transformation of Cinderella's rags into a ball gown was Walt Disney's favorite animation moment from his film.

    Cinderella is the second official Disney princess, joining the franchise in 1950 after Snow White (1937).

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    Cinderella is the second Disney princess to receive a feature film, many years after the original cartoon. The first was Aurora, and the third will be Belle.

    Cinderella is the second oldest Disney princess after Elsa, who at the time of her coronation in the cartoon Cold heart was 21 years old.

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    Cinderella's hair color is highly controversial among fans. In the original cartoon, they appear to be light red. In the Disney franchise and parks, Cinderella's hair is depicted as bright yellow.

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    Cinderella is the second orphan princess.

    Like Snow White, Cinderella most spends his life without a father. Instead, she is under the tutelage of a cruel and envious stepmother. Both heroines were forced to become servants in their own home.

    The shoes also became a symbolic message. Cinderella is so delicate that she can walk in glass slippers without breaking them.

    Cinderella - the only princess, who wears the outfit of a simple maid in a castle. Other princesses wear royal outfits when they are in their kingdom.

Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True

- full-length cartoon, released in 2002 by The Walt Disney Company, released straight to DVD. The cartoon is a sequel to the 1950 cartoon Cinderella. The cartoon combines 3 stories in the style of the animated series. The same technique was used in.

Plot

The mice Gus and Jacques are in a hurry to see the fairy, who is supposed to read them a fairy tale about Cinderella. They are late for the fairy tale, so they ask to tell a new one, but the fairy says that there is only one fairy tale about Cinderella. Then the mice get the idea to write their own book with stories about Cinderella. The fairy helps them with magic, and the mice, remembering some interesting story related to Cinderella, immediately write it down in their book.

The first story tells of Cinderella's first days after her wedding in the castle. The prince asks her to arrange a royal holiday, promising to help, but then it turns out that the king is planning another event of national importance. Then he takes the prince with him on a trip, leaving Cinderella in the care of Prudence, a court lady with strict morals who adheres to the old principles. Her task is to make Cinderella a real princess before the king and prince return. But Cinderella doesn’t quite like Prudence’s ways, and she decides to do everything her own way...

In the second story, the main character becomes best friend Cinderella, the mouse Jacques, who, mistakenly believing that Cinderella does not need him now, since she is now a princess, wanted to become a human. He thought it would be like this for him less problems. The fairy godmother fulfills his request with the help of a magic wand - she makes a man out of Jacques. But it turns out that he is not adapted to human life, and he has much more problems than when he was a mouse...

In the third story, Anastasia, Cinderella's stepsister, walks with her mother and sister through the village market in search of the best fabric for ball gown, walks into a bakery and meets the baker. There arises between them mutual sympathy, and a conversation ensues, but Lady Tremaine, having previously criticized the baker as not a match for Anastacia, takes the girl and leaves. Cinderella and her friends are watching this situation through the bakery window. They decide to unite the lovers at all costs.

Having finished the book, the mice rush to Cinderella to please her with a gift.

Cinderella 3: Wicked Spell

- full-length animated film DisneyToon Studios, released straight to DVD in 2007. The cartoon was released on February 6, 2007 and was rated G (no age restrictions) by the MPAA.

Plot

Cinderella and the prince celebrate their wedding anniversary, and the good fairy, along with Jacques and Gus, Cinderella's mouse friends, organize a festive picnic for them in the forest. During the celebration, the fairy accidentally loses her magic wand, and the wand falls into the hands of Lady Treman's evil stepmother. She and her daughters decide to take revenge on Cinderella. With the help of a magic wand, the stepmother returns time to the moment when the Duke searched throughout the kingdom for the girl who lost her shoe at the ball. Thanks to a magic wand, the shoe fit Anastasia. When Cinderella arrives, it turns out that it is already late - Anastasia and the Duke went to the castle.

Cinderella decides to go to the castle - after all, the prince remembers with whom he danced. But the stepmother manages to bewitch the prince, and now he thinks that he danced with Anastasia. Cinderella finds the prince, but he no longer remembers her. She finds out that her stepmother has Magic wand, and decides to steal it, but fails. The stepmother orders the guards to put Cinderella on a ship that is leaving today. The mice find the prince and tell him that his stepmother has hypnotized him and that he actually loves Cinderella.

The prince is trying to catch the ship's departure. Cinderella returns and begins to prepare for the wedding, but the stepmother enters Cinderella's room, falsely saying that she agrees that the prince will marry her, but in fact she turned Anastasia into Cinderella. They order Lucifer to make sure that Cinderella can never return to the castle. The wedding begins, and Cinderella, having dealt with the treacherous cat Lucifer, manages to escape and make it before the wedding begins. Lady Treyman and Drizella are turned into toads, and Anastasia turns into herself. The good fairy appears and takes the wand for herself. Cinderella and the prince marry again.

Creation:

When Frank Nissen, the director of Cinderella 3, was finishing work on another Disney animated film, Studio administrators offered him to direct a new Cinderella film, to which Nissen agreed. The filming process for Cinderella 3 lasted about two-plus years, from the beginning of 2004 to the end of 2006.

For the roles of the characters in Cinderella 3, Frank Nissen chose the same actors who voiced the characters in the previous sequel, Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True. According to director Nissen:

Everyone knows their voices. They are the voices the company uses everywhere. Every time they need a Cinderella somewhere, whether it's on the radio or something in the [Disneyland] parks where the voice has to be part of the show, they use these people. They know the characters really well and they are very good actors. It's just an inseparable thing.

Music:

Music and songs of "Cinderella 3", such as "Best of the Best" (eng. Perfectly Perfect), "More than a dream" (eng. More Than a Dream), "Anastasia's Song" and "At the Ball" (eng. At the Ball) were written by composers Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. The final composition for the cartoon “I Still Believe” (eng. I Still Believe) was written by fellow composers Matthew Gerrard and Bridget Benenait, and performed American actress and singer Hayden Panettiere. A video clip was later shot for the song and included in Additional materials for the DVD edition of Cinderella 3. The official soundtrack for the film has not yet been released.

Disney Entertainment Centers

Cinderella Castle is an attraction in the Magic Kingdom park, part of the Disney World entertainment center, which is official symbol both the park and the entire center. There is also a similar castle at Disneyland in Tokyo. In addition, the role of Cinderella is performed in front of park visitors by actresses dressed as the heroine. In 2012, Cinderella, along with other Disney princesses, became the heroine of the Princess Fairytale Hall attraction at the Magic Kingdom park, replacing the Snow White's Scary Adventures attraction.

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Plot as edited by Charles Perrault

A “respectable and noble” widower with a daughter from his first marriage, a lovely and kind girl, marries an arrogant, grumpy and ugly lady with two daughters, similar to their mother in both appearance and character. After marriage, the wife shows her character. She “takes control” of her husband, so that he does not dare to object to her in anything, and forces her stepdaughter to live in the attic, sleep on a straw bed and do the most difficult and dirty work. After work, the girl usually relaxes, sitting on a box of ash near the fireplace, which is why she is called Cinderella. Cinderella's stepsisters bask in luxury and bully Cinderella. She meekly endures all the bullying.

The prince throws a ball to which he invites everyone noble people kingdoms with wives and daughters. Cinderella's stepmother and sisters are also invited to the ball; No one will let Cinderella herself, in her dirty rags, into the palace. After the departure of her stepmother and sisters, Cinderella cries bitterly. She is visited by her godmother, who is a fairy. Kind fairy turns pumpkin, mice, rat and lizards respectively into a carriage, horses, coachman and servants, Cinderella's rags into luxurious dress, and gives her crystal slippers. She warns Cinderella that at exactly midnight the carriage will turn back into a pumpkin, the dress into rags, etc. Cinderella goes to the ball, creates a sensation with her beauty, and the prince falls in love with her. At a quarter to twelve Cinderella leaves the palace. At home, she puts on an old apron and wooden shoes and listens to the admiring stories of her returning sisters about the beautiful stranger who shone at the ball.

The next evening, Cinderella goes to the ball again. In love with the prince, who does not leave her side for a minute, she does not keep track of time and only realizes it when the clock strikes midnight. Cinderella runs away, but loses her glass slipper. The prince orders all the girls in the city to try on the shoe, declaring that the one to whom the shoe fits will become his wife. To the sisters' surprise, the shoe fits Cinderella's foot exactly. Immediately after the fitting, Cinderella takes out a second identical shoe from her pocket, and the fairy turns her rags into a luxurious dress. The sisters fall to their knees and ask Cinderella for forgiveness. Cinderella forgives her sisters “with all her heart” and marries the prince.

Plot as edited by the Brothers Grimm

A rich man's wife dies. Before her death, she tells her daughter to be modest and kind,

and the Lord will always help you, and I will look at you from heaven and will always be near you.

The daughter goes to her mother’s grave every day and cries, and fulfills her mother’s orders. Winter comes, then spring, and the rich man takes another wife. The stepmother has two daughters - beautiful, but evil. They take away the rich man's daughter's beautiful dresses and force her out to live in the kitchen. In addition, the girl now does the most menial and hard work from morning to evening, and sleeps in ashes, which is why she is called Cinderella. The stepsisters mock Cinderella, for example, pouring peas and lentils into the ashes. A father goes to a fair and asks what to bring for his daughter and stepdaughters. Stepdaughters ask for expensive dresses and precious stones, and Cinderella - the branch that will be the first to catch his hat on the way back. Cinderella plants the hazel branch she brought on her mother’s grave and waters it with her tears. A beautiful tree grows.

Cinderella came to the tree three times a day, cried and prayed; and every time a white bird flew to the tree. And when Cinderella expressed some wish to her, the bird dropped to her what she asked for.

The king arranges a three-day feast, to which he invites everyone beautiful girls country so that his son could choose his bride. The step-sisters go to the feast, and Cinderella's stepmother tells Cinderella that she accidentally spilled a bowl of lentils into the ashes, and Cinderella will only be able to go to the ball if she chooses it two hours in advance. Cinderella calls:

You, tame doves, you, little turtle doves, birds of heaven, quickly fly to me, help me choose lentils! Better - in a pot, worse - in a goiter.

They complete the task in less than an hour. Then the stepmother “accidentally” spills two bowls of lentils and reduces the time to an hour. Cinderella calls the doves and doves again, and they finish in half an hour. The stepmother declares that Cinderella has nothing to wear and does not know how to dance, and leaves with her daughters without taking Cinderella. She comes to the walnut tree and asks:

Shake yourself, shake yourself off, little tree, dress me in gold and silver.

The tree sheds luxurious clothes. Cinderella comes to the ball. The prince dances all evening only with her. Then Cinderella runs away from him and climbs up the dovecote. The prince tells the king what happened.

The old man thought: “Isn’t this Cinderella?” He ordered an ax and a hook to be brought to destroy the dovecote, but there was no one in it.

On the second day, Cinderella again asks the tree for clothes (in the same words), and everything is repeated as on the first day, only Cinderella does not run away to the dovecote, but climbs onto the pear tree.

On the third day, Cinderella again asks the tree for clothes and dances at the ball with the prince, but when she runs away, her shoe from the tree sticks to the stairs smeared with resin (the prince’s trick). pure gold. The prince comes to Cinderella's father and says that he will marry only the one on whose foot this golden slipper falls.

One of the sisters cuts off a finger to put on a shoe. The prince takes her with him, but two white doves on a walnut tree sing that her shoe is covered in blood. The prince turns his horse back. The same thing is repeated with the other sister, only she cuts off not the toe, but the heel. Only Cinderella's shoe fits. The prince recognizes the girl and declares him his bride. When the prince and Cinderella drive past the cemetery, the doves fly from the tree and sit on Cinderella’s shoulders - one on the left, the other on the right, and remain sitting there.

And when the time came to celebrate the wedding, the treacherous sisters also appeared - they wanted to flatter her and share her happiness with her. And when the wedding procession went to church, the eldest turned out to be right hand from the bride, and the youngest to the left; and the doves pecked out one eye of each of them. And then, when they were returning back from church, the eldest walked on the left hand, and the youngest on the right; and the pigeons pecked out another eye for each of them. So they were punished for their malice and deceit for the rest of their lives with blindness.

Glass slippers

In retellings for children usually we're talking about about the glass slipper, but the title of the Russian unadapted translation by A. Fedorov is “Cinderella, or the Shoe trimmed with fur.” "Tales of Mother Goose, or stories and tales of bygone times with teachings"

Perrault's fairy-tale world is strange: faces are not visible in it, voices are not distinguishable, only things have certainty. This is a shoe trimmed with fur (due to the fact that in some French publications the word vair- “fur for trimming” was mistakenly replaced with the word verre- “glass”, in translations of Perrault’s fairy tales into a number of languages, including Russian, an exquisite but incomprehensible image of the “crystal slipper” appeared).

Ukrainian translation of Perrault's fairy tales, published in 2003 by the Veselka publishing house. (For some reason, this collection also includes the fairy tale “The Clever/Clever Princess, or The Adventures of the Little One” by Léritier de Villodon). The fairy tale is called "Popelushka, or Sobolev's Little Cherevich." In the afterword, the author of the translation, Roman Tereshchenko, explains: "This time Perrault used an almost completely forgotten old French word, which in those distant times meant the most precious medieval Europe fur brought from distant Siberia is sable. Ironically, in French pronunciation, this word is almost impossible to distinguish from another, which in translation means glass, glass or crystal glassware." “The enchantress also gave the maiden a couple of little slippers, stained with sable khutra, so beautiful and dexterous that no one in the world had the same quality.”

The original French title of Perrault's tale is Cendrillon ou La Petite Pantoufle de verre. This is exactly the name that was in the 1697 edition of Perrault's fairy tales.

French-Russian dictionary: verre m means 1) glass 2) glass; glass 3) lens 4) pl. glasses. The saying se noyer dans un verre d'eau - to be unable to overcome the slightest difficulty, to drown in a glass of water (this is what clearly does not apply to Cinderella). Honore de Balzac and the outstanding scientist Emile Littre, author of the Dictionary French, called Le Littré in his honor, it was proposed to replace de verre in the title of the fairy tale about Cinderella with de vair, which means “Siberian squirrel fur” (not sable).

Shoes made of some unusual material are a fairy-tale tradition, and Perrault is not alone here. For example, in Madame d’Aunua’s fairy tale “The Yellow Dwarf,” published in 1698, the princess heroine appears in diamond slippers. Commentator A. Stroev notes on this matter: “The Beauty’s diamond slippers are another argument against the attempts of some researchers to “disenchant” Cinderella's shoes, turn them from crystal into fur." ​​If you follow the logic of Balzac and Littre, there was a typo in the publication of the fairy tale about Cinderella in 1697. But at that time they did not figure it out, but on the contrary, they picked up the idea, as evidenced by the fairy tale d" Onua.

The crystal house slippers that people dance in at the ball look paradoxical. Namely, such paradoxicality was one of the techniques of the French literary fairy tale in the XVII-XVIII centuries.

Film adaptations

Based on the plot of the fairy tale Cinderella, Evgeniy Lvovich Schwartz wrote a play. In 1947, it was filmed by Nadezhda Kosheverova and Mikhail Shapiro. This is the most famous film adaptation of the fairy tale in Russia.

In addition, there are many film adaptations of the fairy tale filmed in different countries peace (see Cinderella).

Cinderella is the most filmed story in the world

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Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and Evgeny Schwartz - incorrect answers. Knowing this, can you then answer who wrote Cinderella?

Fairy tale history

Of course, it would be easier to answer that Cinderella, known to everyone almost from the cradle, was invented by Charles Perrault. After all, he wrote his fairy tale back in 1697, that is, more than 300 years ago. And everything that is ancient is where we look for the author. At least that’s how it happened, and that’s how people think. Well, our grandmothers told us about Cinderella performed either by that same Charles Perrault, or... well, of course, by the Brothers Grimm.

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were just born in 1785 and 1786, respectively. And they themselves grew up on the fairy tale of Cinderella as interpreted by Charles Perrault. And when they matured, they gathered the most famous folk tales German people and released it under the title “Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.” This is where the second version was born.

And the third one walks and wanders among intellectuals who seem to believe that before the 20th century nothing existed at all and fairy tales were not “written”, and Cinderella was invented by Evgeniy Schwartz when he wrote famous play. But this, of course, is a joke. Schwartz is mentioned more because he contributed specifically to the Soviet Cinderella. Let me remind you that during the translation Turgenev called Cinderella (Cendrillon or Cinderella) Zamarashka.

Classic "tramp plot"

Actually, who wrote Cinderella? It was not even invented by the German people, as the Brothers Grimm believed when describing German folklore. The Cinderella story is a classic one. wandering plot", there are thousands of variations and in the center there is always a beautiful, honest, kind, naive Cinderella, no matter what you call her: CINDERELLA (modern), Cinderella (outdated original), Sondrien (French), Aschenpute (German) or Cinderella (Hollywood- Disney" English).

Country: USSR

Cinderella - Yanina Zheimo

For several generations Soviet people Yanina Zheimo will forever remain the first and only Cinderella. And it doesn’t matter that the performer of this role was already 37 years old at the time of filming: firstly, this is not visible at all on the screen, and secondly, in real fairy-tale heroines no age. “My appearance determined my role: all my life I have played teenage girls.” It’s interesting that Zheimo’s daughter at that time was almost the same age as her heroine.

They say that the actress was chosen by Evgeniy Schwartz himself (the author of the play “Cinderella”, on which the film was based). He preferred Yanina to a young ballerina who was protected by big bosses. And all because the author saw his heroine not as a porcelain doll, not as a tremulous ingenue, but as a confident, persistent young lady with a strong character.

The film was released immediately after the war and had an effect on the Soviet audience, similar to that, how Dior’s New Look collection was received (also, by the way, in 1947). It seemed that at such a time there was no time for romance - but it was fairy tales that people wanted. Our “Cinderella” was shown in France, Austria, Japan, Sweden and Finland - and was a success everywhere.

Our "Cinderella" was shown in France, Austria, Japan, Sweden and Finland - everywhere it was a success. Yanina Zheimo and Alexey Konsovsky (still from the film). Photo: Fotobank

Shoes: made from plexiglass. And the actress’s leg, like her heroine’s, was miniature - size 31!

Quote:“It’s very harmful not to go to the ball, especially when you deserve it.”

Cartoon

Country: USA

Walt Disney was a famous perfectionist, but Cinderella stands apart in his work. The cartoon was filmed over the course of six years (if the audience didn’t like it, Disney would have stopped making feature films altogether). By the way, he created a short version of “Cinderella” in 1922, before he came up with Mickey Mouse.

Disney was inexhaustible in his inventions and for “Cinderella” he came up with a special technique: he copied each character from a real actress or actor. So, it is no coincidence that the main character resembles Ingrid Bergman: at that time she was the director’s favorite actress. True, it was not possible to agree on dubbing with Bergman. For this, Disney engaged 20-year-old Eileen Woods - he chose her from 400 other applicants.

Disney's "Cinderella" was drawn based on the appearance of actress Ingrid Bergman

Shoes: they are, of course, beautiful, but they have interesting feature. After one of the shoes breaks, Cinderella exchanges it for the one she had in her apron and puts it on the same foot she was going to put on first. This is not an unfortunate omission of the artists, but real fact: in the Middle Ages, when the fairy tale about Cinderella appeared, shoes were sewn using the same pattern for both the right and left feet.

Quote: « Royal Ball? I think it will be monstrously stupid, very, very boring... and inexpressibly wonderful!

THREE NUTS FOR CINDERELLA (1973)

Country: Czechoslovakia/GDR

Cinderella - Libushe Shafrankova

Both in the USSR to Yanina Zheimo, and in the rest of the Eastern Bloc countries a real Cinderella Libuše Šafrankova was considered. We also know this film very well - thanks to “Aunt Valya Leontyeva” and her program “Visiting a Fairy Tale.” Here the role of the fairy godmother is given to three nuts - in the last of them,

by the way, it's lying wedding gift. Well, there are differences in trifles: the stepmother has only one daughter, but Cinderella rides a horse and shoots beautifully. The film was supposed to be shot in the summer, but the preparatory period was delayed. When the director finally started filming, winter arrived - surprisingly snowy and cold. Later, it was the winter landscape that created a special atmosphere for the film. Libuše Šafrankova recalled that all the actors were terribly cold: their costumes were not at all suitable for sub-zero temperatures. The artist created them in medieval fashion, inspired by Bruegel’s paintings. Now these dresses and camisoles are in the museum of the Barrandov film studio.

In Germany, the film “Three Nuts...” became a traditional Christmas hit, just like ours “The Irony of Fate...”.

In the film “Three Nuts for Cinderella,” the heroine wore tapestry slippers rather than glass slippers. Libuše Šafrankova and Pavel Travnicek (still from the film)

Shoes: they were created by Theodor Pištek, an Oscar winner for the costumes for the film Amadeus. The shoes were not crystal, but made of tapestry fabric. There are only three pairs of heels of different heights: to make it comfortable to run down slippery stairs and jump on a horse.

Quote:“Here are three riddles. The face is dirty with ash, but not a chimney sweep. A hat with a feather, but not a hunter. A dress with a train, embroidered in silver, but not a princess.” - “It’s a pity that it’s not a princess...”

Cartoon

Country: USSR

Cinderella was voiced by Tatyana Shabelnikova

Masterpiece Soviet animation, to some extent avant-garde: for the first time the background was made of velvet colored paper, which could be bought in the stores “Shkolnik” and “ Child's world" In addition to the incredibly beautiful characters, what is memorable, of course, is the song based on the poems of Genrikh Sapgir, as well as the refrain “never... forever.”

This is perhaps the most modest and most defenseless Cinderella of all presented here: she has neither the strength nor the desire to stand up for herself. She is not very friendly with animals, unlike the Disney version - at least not to such an extent that she communicates with them on equal terms. A wedding with a handsome prince becomes her only chance to get out of vicious circle“Chop wood—clean pots—plant forty rose bushes.” And what would feminists say?

The most touching Cinderella of all time in the 1979 cartoon

Shoes: they are not the point.

Quote:“Where did we live, how did we live, smiling and sad?<…>We only know that this is a miracle, and it happened to us.”

STORY OF ETERNAL LOVE (1998)

Country: USA

Cinderella - Drew Barrymore

The action of the tale is transferred to the 16th century, to France. At the same time, Cinderella (her name is Danielle in the film) is friends with Leonardo da Vinci - Europe is small! Suffice it to say that the “portrait” of Cinderella was based on Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing “La Scapigliata”. And, I must say, it is quite consistent.

The film was shot in France, in several beautiful chateaus, and the main character wore outfits made according to sketches of medieval fashionistas. At the same time, in the film it sounds quite contemporary music- for example, hits of the rock group Texas.

Prince Henry was played by the handsome young Dougray Scott. Jonny Lee Miller and - we honestly don’t understand why they were so scared - turned down this role before him.

Cinderella Danielle in the movie "History" eternal love» is friends with Leonardo da Vinci and looks like the girl from his painting “La Scapigliata”. Drew Barrymore and Patrick Godfrey (still from the film)

Shoes: The crystal pair that Daniella wears was designed by Salvatore Ferragamo.

Quote:“A bird may love a fish, but where should they live?!”

CINDERELLA (2015)

Country: USA

Cinderella - Lily James

The modern version of the fairy tale was filmed with emphasized care for the original. This was done on purpose: so that spoiled children social networks and gadgets, we remembered what a real miracle and belief in magic are.

A large-scale casting was announced for the role of Cinderella. The first and main contender was (Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter films). She refused, which she later regretted - however, very soon we will see the girl in the role of another classic Disney beauty, in the full-length version of Beauty and the Beast.

Lily James is a very young actress (by the way, she is currently starring in the television series “War and Peace”, in the role, of course, of Natasha Rostova). What she liked most was the scene of trying on a sky blue ballgown. Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell created a masterpiece from ten layers of fine silk, each with a different shade of blue. As Lily herself said: “When I first put on this dress, I felt both excited and scared. How did I live before this?! These are the feelings Cinderella should experience when going to the ball.”

The dress for the new, just released Cinderella is a real designer masterpiece. Actress Lily James, wearing it for the first time, exclaimed: “How did I live before this?!”

And we also wonder if Cate Blanchett ( evil stepmother) to challenge the title of the performer of the role of “the most charming Disney scoundrel.” At least her heroine is just as beautiful and, as it turns out closer to the end, nothing human is alien to her.

Shoes: several specially for the film premiere famous designers shoes created their own versions of the glass slipper. Sandra Choi, creative director of the Jimmy Choo brand, came up with a magical pair with a blooming flower on the toe. Artists from the Stuart Weitzman brand - transparent ankle boots studded with crystals. But the most unusual option, in our opinion, was demonstrated by Jerome Rousseau - and it’s not a matter of murderous thin stiletto heel, which, according to the plan, should add drama to the shoes, and in... a strap around the ankle. How can you lose such a shoe?!

As for those glass slippers small size, in which Lily James runs (one of them is brutally smashed by her stepmother on the door frame), they were created in collaboration with the Swarovski brand. The artist took as a basis shoes from 1890 with 12-centimeter heels, which she found in one of the English museums. “Given that the shoes are made of crystal, it’s not at all clear how to walk in them. But I made it so that in the end even a child can run in these shoes,” Powell said.

Quote:“Would you like to grab something to eat after you finish work?” - “Yes, stepmother.” - “You don’t have to call me that. "Madame" would be better."

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