
The Little Mermaid
Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.
Top Billed Cast

Nina Gulyayeva
The Little Mermaid (voice)

Viktoriya Ivanova
The Little Mermaid (singing voice)

Anatoliy Papanov
The Guide (voice)

Yuliya Yulskaya
The Sea Witch (voice)

Lidiya Korolyova
The Fish Guide (voice)
Featured Crew
Ivan Aksenchuk
Director

Aleksandr Galich
Writer

Hans Christian Andersen
Novel
Mikhail Pershin
Animation
Vladimir Balashov
Animation

Georgiy Martynyuk
Sound
Izabella Gerasimova
Editor

Aleksandr Lokshin
Original Music Composer
Elena Malashenkova
Animation

Antonina Alyoshina
Animation

Elvira Maslova
Animation
Yana Volskaya
Animation