Sadko goes in search of the bird of happiness. In India he finds a phoenix whose lady's head sings warriors to sleep, but it is a sad sleep. How Sadko sails to India, fighting Vikings along the way, and back via Egypt is only one of the mysteries. Answers hardly matter amidst such lushery.
Soviet touches are not subtle but less kodachrome than the fairy dust. Sadko appeals directly to the people when the merchants refuse to bankroll his quest. But it is the sea princess who comes up with the golden fish. A less-than-subtle jibe at monarchy has sea king and queen argue over whether Sadko plays the zither or the psalter. She wins.
What did the terrestial princess give Sadko to carry around his neck? For that you must see the film, but I will let slip that he find happiness - not in India, nor in Norseland, nor in Egypt, but in the native soil.
Soviet touches are not subtle but less kodachrome than the fairy dust. Sadko appeals directly to the people when the merchants refuse to bankroll his quest. But it is the sea princess who comes up with the golden fish. A less-than-subtle jibe at monarchy has sea king and queen argue over whether Sadko plays the zither or the psalter. She wins.
What did the terrestial princess give Sadko to carry around his neck? For that you must see the film, but I will let slip that he find happiness - not in India, nor in Norseland, nor in Egypt, but in the native soil.
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