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The Twelve Months

Original title: Dvenadtsat mesyatsev
  • 1956
  • 55m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.7K
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The Twelve Months (1956)
RussianAnimationFamilyFantasy

A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers who happened to be the twelve months.

  • Directors
    • Mikhail Botov
    • Ivan Ivanov-Vano
  • Writers
    • Samuil Marshak
    • Nikolay Erdman
  • Stars
    • Tatyana Barysheva
    • Yuliya Yulskaya
    • Lyudmila Kasatkina
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Mikhail Botov
      • Ivan Ivanov-Vano
    • Writers
      • Samuil Marshak
      • Nikolay Erdman
    • Stars
      • Tatyana Barysheva
      • Yuliya Yulskaya
      • Lyudmila Kasatkina
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast12

    Tatyana Barysheva
    Tatyana Barysheva
    • The Stepmother
    • (voice)
    Yuliya Yulskaya
    • The Daughter
    • (voice)
    Lyudmila Kasatkina
    Lyudmila Kasatkina
    • The Stepdaughter
    • (voice)
    Galina Novozhilova
    • The Queen
    • (voice)
    Grigoriy Shpigel
    Grigoriy Shpigel
    • The Gardener
    • (voice)
    Georgiy Vitsin
    Georgiy Vitsin
    • The Crow
    • (voice)
    • …
    Aleksey Gribov
    Aleksey Gribov
    • The January
    • (voice)
    Vladimir Volodin
    • The Wolf
    • (voice)
    Gennadiy Malyshev
      Olga Gemmerling
        Anatoliy Sazonov
          Erast Garin
          Erast Garin
          • The Professor
          • (voice)
          • (uncredited)
          • Directors
            • Mikhail Botov
            • Ivan Ivanov-Vano
          • Writers
            • Samuil Marshak
            • Nikolay Erdman
          • All cast & crew
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          Did you know

          • Trivia
            The film was restored at the Gorkiy Film Studio in 1987. Recovery director - Vladimir Berenshteyn.
          • Connections
            Version of Mori wa ikiteiru (1956)

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          Details

          • Release date
            • 1956 (Soviet Union)
          • Country of origin
            • Soviet Union
          • Language
            • Russian
          • Also known as
            • The Twelve Months: A Winter Fairy Tale
          • Production company
            • Soyuzmultfilm
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          Tech specs

          • Runtime
            • 55m
          • Sound mix
            • Mono
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.33 : 1

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