The Snow Queen (1957 Soviet animated film directed by Lev Atamanov) 1959 Universal version Full-HD 60p

In 1959, the film was dubbed into English and released by Universal Pictures with the voices of Sandra Dee and Tommy Kirk as Gerda and Kay. This version is introduced by a six-minute live-action Christmas prologue featuring TV personality Art Linkletter, as well as a two-minute montage. In this prologue, Linkletter recited the following rhyme just before the film began: “One snowflake two/three snowflakes four/now you’ll see ’The Snow Queen’/if you count a million more.“ The American version also contained an entirely rewritten musical score and had three new songs in English, two of which replaced the Russian songs (the other one was in the montage). Awards: • 1957—Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion in the animated film category • 1958—Cannes Film Festival: First prize in the animated film category • 1958—Rome: First prize • 1958—Moscow Film Festival: Special prize • 1959—London (Festival of festivals): Prize for best film of year #PublicDomain