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The Golden Horns

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I bought this film hoping that it would be as enjoyable as "Morozka" - or the Snow Maiden which has a great re-dubbed english language track. (My children - ages 2-6 love it) The Golden Horns is a great film - but the english track is AWFUL! This film is NOT voiced by english speaking actors. Instead the script is read by a non-native english speaker - a russian man with a very heavy accent. This narrator makes no attempt to add interest to the film - just reads the script in a very monotone manner. A terrible shame - because this is a great russian film. It would be worth buying if they ever re-do the english track.... but for now it is just too annoying to watch in english. If you can speak russian - you will enjoy the original language track. A great folk tale - but please... re-do the english track!

Another of Alexander Rou's classic Russian fairytale movies. A good thorough tale centered around the witch Baba Yaga. I didn't enjoy this one as much as others only because the DVD doesn't offer an English dubbed version. While I did like it very much, I hate watching highly visual movies like this with subtitles because they distract me from the action on screen. However, the upside to watching a movie subtitled allows you to hear the original actors' voices and soundtrack. An interesting story about a mother who is attempting to rescue her 3 missing children from the clutches of the evil Baba Yaga! Fantastic performance as always by Georgy Millyar as Baba!