The Donkey's Hide Explained

The Donkey's Hide
Director:	Nadezhda Kosheverova
Story:	Charles Perrault
Screenplay:	Mikhail Volpin
Starring:	Vladimir Etush Svetlana Nemolyaeva Vera Novikova Aleksandr Galibin
Music:	Moisey Vaynberg
Cinematography:	Eduard Rozovsky
Distributor:	Lenfilm
Runtime:	85 min
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

The Donkey's Hide (Russian: Ослиная шкура) is a 1982 Soviet fantasy film based on Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin.^{[1] [2]} Participant of the KinderFilmFest program at the 1985 Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

A bunch of paintings come to life and one of them proceeds to tell the story. A princess ran away from her courtly life, disguising herself in the skin of a donkey that excreted gold coins. When a prince sees her dressed like a princess, he tries to find out who she is.

Cast

• Vladimir Etush

King Gaston IX

• Svetlana Nemolyaeva

Queen Gorgette

• Vera Novikova

Princess Theresa

• Aleksandr Galibin

Prince Jacques

• Zinoviy Gerdt

Poet Laureate to King Gaston IX

• Tatyana Pelttser

Wicked Fairy

• Valentina Panina: Good Fairy
• Nikolai Karachentsov

Robber Burabo

• Lyudmila Makarova

Madame Burabo

• Sergei Parshin: Redhead
• Boris Arakelov: Gendarme
• Aleksandr Domashov: Dandy
• Sergey Filippov: Courtier
• Sergei Ivanov: Courtier
• Mariya Barabanova: Blind Old Woman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Фильм снят по мотивам сказок Шарля Перро.. // russia.tv. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20140521224350/http://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/6588/. dead. 2014-05-21.
2. Web site: Ослиная шкура. // ruskino.ru. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20130824021941/http://ruskino.ru/mov/2051. live. 2013-08-24.
3. Web site: Programme 1985. // berlinale.de. 2013-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20130722185804/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1985/02_programm_1985/02_Programm_1985.html. live. 2013-07-22.