| The Tale about the Painter in Love | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Сказка про влюблённого маляра |
| Director: | Nadezhda Kosheverova |
| Music: | Moisey Vaynberg |
| Cinematography: | Eduard Rozovsky |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
The Tale about the Painter in Love (Russian: Сказка про влюблённого маляра) is a 1987 Soviet children's fantasy drama film directed by Nadezhda Kosheverova.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The film tells about the young and cheerful painter Makar, who was invited to the king's palace. There he met a beautiful princess, whom he immediately fell in love with, but he was expelled from the palace. Makar has to go through many trials before realizing that the one he saw in the palace is not a beautiful princess at all, but an ugly maid.[5]