Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

"It's very bad for a person to miss the ball, when he or she deserves one",- these words of Cinderella's Godmother describe the spirit of this movie. Paraphrasing: "It is very bad for a person to miss a watch of Soviet Cinderella movie, when he or she deserves one". And in order to deserve you shall be ready to open your heart and senses to kindness, gentleness, belief, performed by the best cast of Soviet actors in incredible narration of the world's famous fairy-tale bearing that unique fairy aroma which to me is something close to ecstatic. The moral of out-of-this-world reward for those quiet modest non-pretending loving and hoping laborers like Cinderella is delivered to the spectator with great feeling of kindness which can not be destroyed even by the pranks of the evil Stepmother. An all family must watch, 10 stars for fairy tale and 10 stars for Soviet Cinderella.

When I saw this movie I was going to point out that this film was meant for children audiences only cause it had the mentality of it and it wasn't meant for adults.Cinderallas being 12 years old and prince charming looking 13 . The step mother looks more like grandmother. The Two step sister could be her , Cinderella's , mother and aunt.And because the two step sister's were vying to be the wife of the prince would make it very campy by todays standard because of age differences. But I was surprised to discover that the actress ,who played Cinderella Yanina Zhejmo, was born 1909, and the actor who played the prince ,Aleksie Konsovsky,was born 1912, They didn't look that old. These actors might be dwarfs, may be . They are taller than midgets and have youth appearance. The actors playing the rest of the roles were taller than them . I might be wrong about it.It's not impossible for people to have youthful appearances but they arn't tall neither.This moves designs and costumes were shot as if it was going to be shot in color. At that time AGFA color was now available in Russia ,whay didn't they use it ? This version the prince had a single parent. His mother ,the queen, must have died . Although I don't understand Russian, It had excessive talk. The king was a bad temper character , throwing his wig and crown off every time he lost his temper .It's still very campy by todays standards

It is easily one of the best films ever made and if you don't like it, you should check your taste in cinema and the brain. "Zolushka" shows how the films were once made in our country: wisdom, funny jokes, superior performances, enchanting music - whatever you take, everything was done with heart on a highest aesthetic level.The psychotic king is amazingly brought to life by Mr Erast Garin. The evil stepmother "shines" with the help of Mrs Faina Ranevskaya's talent. And the interpretation of Cinderella by Ms Yanina Zhejmo is just to the point. The innocence and goodness of Cinderella drives me almost to tears and it speaks a lot, be sure.If you want your children to grow up sane and good persons, don't fail to show them films like this one.10 out of 10 - it simply must not be given less while it is a timeless classic for all ages and for all millenniums. Thank you for attention.

a very touching film. i watched it multiple times and after each time i had an even more positive attitude towards the movie. i advise you to watch this enchanting masterpiece. the more you watch it, the more you actually understand the whole concept and point of the movie. this movie is suitable for viewing by all ages. no adult oriented scenes. this movie promotes kindness and should be treated with respect. i never knew that Yanina Zhejmo was actually 38 in the movie. she completely looks her part in the role of a sixteen year old. the prince (Aleksei Konsovsky) is 35 in the movie. he looks not much older than twenty.