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is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault.

The Disney studio spent $2.5 million and six years of work on the film, from 1944 to 1950. A lot of energy was spent on experimenting with new animation techniques, creating images with three-dimensional forms and searching for new expressive means. The musical accompaniment to the film "Cinderella" consists of 6 songs, each of which is organically connected with the plot and emphasizes the most important points. These are the songs:

• "The dream will fly by chance";
• "Sing, nightingale";
• "Cinderella at work";
• "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (magic song);
• "My love".

The film was voiced by 9 actors and actresses. In addition to them, more than sixty people worked on the picture. Among them are animators, artists, writers, composers and many other specialists. And they were all led by Walt Disney himself. After the premiere, which took place in 1950, the film was finalized and re-released on screens every seven to eight years. It has been dubbed into dozens of languages ​​and is watched on all continents.

In the late 1980s, Cinderella was released on Home Video by Walt Disney Classics. In Russia, since the early 1990s, it has been distributed on pirated copies in one-voiced translations by Alexei Mikhalev, Mikhail Ivanov, Viktor Makhonko and others.

Plot

Once upon a time there was a girl Cinderella, who lived with her widowed father. Believing that her daughter needed a mother, her father married a widow who had two daughters - Drizella and Anastasia. After the death of her husband, Cinderella's stepmother showed her true "face" - anger, greed and hatred. She turned Cinderella into a housewife-servant and transferred the entire inheritance to herself.

As time went on, the girl became more and more beautiful, despite the fact that she did the most menacing work around the house. In addition, Cinderella had a kind heart and soul, so all the animals that lived near her house were friends with her. At home, Cinderella had friends: the dog Bruno, the horse Major, as well as mice and birds that lived nearby. Especially Cinderella made friends with Jacques, the eldest of the house mice. Cinderella pulled another mouse out of the mousetrap. She named him Gus. Every day, the girl had to perform a number of duties: feed the chickens, take care of the owner's cat Lucifer, and cook food for her stepmother and her daughters.

One morning, the mouse Gus was running from the cat Lucifer chasing him. Escaping, he climbed under Anastasia's teacup. Anastasia, seeing that a mouse was hiding under the cup, blamed Cinderella for everything. Her stepmother added housework to her. At this time, in the palace, the king was worried about whom to marry his son-prince. He really wanted grandchildren and therefore sent his duke to deliver an invitation to the ball to all the young ladies of the kingdom.

Meanwhile at home, Cinderella is given invitations to a ball at the palace. She enters the room where her stepmother's daughter is singing. When Cinderella asks if she can go to the ball too, the stepsisters start laughing at her. To this Cinderella replies that every girl has the right to attend the ball. The stepmother agrees with her, saying that she can go to the ball if she redoes all the housework and finds herself a suitable dress. The stepmother forbids Cinderella to take her mother's old dress, and, in addition, she gives her a huge amount of homework. Wanting to help Cinderella, the mice successfully make her a dress.

However, the sisters, seeing Cinderella in a beautiful dress, in wild anger tear her dress and drive the girl away. After that, she and her mother go to the ball. Cinderella is crying. Just then, the fairy godmother appears and provides Cinderella with everything she needs to travel to the ball. She turns mice into horses, Bruno the dog into a footman, Major's horse into a coachman, a pumpkin into a carriage, and her torn dress into a beautiful snow-white-blue ball gown. For all this, the fairy was enough to say: "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!". Cinderella leaves for the ball, and the fairy godmother warns her that she must return before midnight, because at midnight all her magic will return back.

At the ball, the prince does not pay any attention to the girls who have arrived. This fact greatly upsets the king. The duke already convinces him that the ball was started in vain, but just at that time Cinderella appears at the ball, the prince approaches her, and the king interrupts the duke's speech. However, when he sees Cinderella, the prince immediately takes her by the hand and begins to dance with her. The king asks his duke to make sure that no one interferes with them. The stepmother tries to get a closer look at Cinderella, but the duke interferes with her by closing the curtain, behind which Cinderella and the prince are hiding. Meanwhile, it was midnight. The clock chimes and Cinderella runs away.

Everyone rushes in pursuit of her, but the girl manages to quietly return home. One of the glass slippers remained on her foot. Returning to the palace, the duke tells the king about the misfortune that had happened, although before the king had terribly dispersed and wanted to hack the duke, until the latter showed the shoe. Then the satisfied king offers to look for the prince's bride by the shoe that Cinderella lost when she ran down the stairs.

The next morning, it is announced in the kingdom that the girl who fits the glass slipper is the prince's bride. The stepmother, having heard the news, informs her ugly daughters about it. Cinderella hears the stepmother's conversation with her daughters, begins to hum the melody that they sang with the prince when they danced, while leaving for the tower where she lives to change clothes. Realizing that Cinderella is the same girl with whom the prince danced, her stepmother tricks her into locking her there.

The duke arrives at the stepmother's house. The mice discreetly pull out a key from their stepmother's pocket and carry it to Cinderella. Their stepmother's cat named Lucifer interferes with them, but Bruno the dog chases him away. Cinderella opens the door. One of the stepmother's daughters, Anastasia, begins unsuccessfully trying on a shoe, which turns out to be disproportionately small for her. Drizella then tries to put the shoe on, causing her foot to twist beyond belief.

The duke is about to leave, when suddenly Cinderella appears on the stairs and asks to try on a shoe. The stepmother tries to prevent this by saying that Cinderella is a simple servant, but the Duke sternly reminds her that any girl should try on the shoe. The footman runs to Cinderella with a shoe, but at that moment the stepmother gives him a cane, the footman falls, drops the shoe and it breaks. The duke is frightened, not knowing what threatens him now from the king. However, Cinderella takes out a second shoe from her apron pocket. The Duke is delighted, and the stepmother is shocked by such an unexpected turn. Then the sisters realized what kind of girl she was at the ball and asked Cinderella for forgiveness for all the insults that she suffered from them. And Cinderella forgave them wholeheartedly. The cartoon ends with a scene of a cheerful and happy wedding.

Production

Released at the junction of Disney's early works of the 1930s and more classical forms of drawing in the 1940s, Cinderella was received less enthusiastically by critics. "Cinderella" was the first cartoon released after the Second World War ("", 1942). World War II, and the resulting decline in distribution, forced Disney to release a number of low-cost films such as "" and "" during the 1940s. The short version of the cartoon was created by Walt Disney himself back in 1922.

The cartoon won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1951. Walt Disney won a special award at the 1950 Cannes Film Festival for the cartoon.

The prototype for Cinderella was the actress Ingrid Bergman.

The key to Cinderella's success would lie in combining a famous, time-honed story with wit and hilariousness to freshen up the tale and adapt it to a modern audience. Cinderella was a big risk for Disney - if he failed with it, the studio would probably stop funding feature films. But the film was a success, grossing $4,000,000 in its first release, raising the studio's financial position to its highest level since 1938. Walt Disney has reduced the risk of working on Cinderella to a minimum. There was to be no ambiguity, no "wrong turn" that could lower the film's revenue. Instead of embarking on endless and expensive experiments with story structure and the natural movement of characters, Disney opted to use live actors to create most of the shots. The shots were studied as much as possible, and the main movements were carefully tracked. One of the film's artistic uses was the intricate color modeling by Claude Coates and Mary Blair. Cool colors were used heavily to create the backgrounds to make the characters appear even more vivid and alive in contrast. The same technique was later used by Michael Giaimo when creating "" (1995).

Heroes

At the beginning of the project, Disney wanted to turn to the image of Snow White, but ultimately decided to reveal to the world a completely new princess who would be a worthy successor to everyone's beloved Snow White.

To create the image of a beautiful maid, 18-year-old actress Helen Stanley was involved, who breathed life into her fairy-tale character. Eric Larson, one of the studio's artists, praised Helen's role in creating the Cinderella character, acknowledging that the actress was a great inspiration to the animators in creating a convincingly realistic girl. In a 1956 issue of The Mickey Mouse Club, Helen even recreated her performance as Cinderella, wearing the same costume she wore during the film's sketches.

It is noteworthy that Helen Stanley served as a living model for her half-sister Drizella.

Also, the popular radio singer Ilene Woods had a profound influence on creating a heartfelt image of Cinderella, endowing the beautiful princess with a wonderful voice. It is noteworthy that after a trial of 350 performers, Walt Disney, having heard Ilene's singing, got excited. The singer was immediately hired to voice Cinderella. The songs from the film became hits at the time of its release and have remained so to this day.

As a result, the image of Cinderella is perfectly revealed in the animation - the heroine turned out to be alive and touching, the viewer feels her pain, joy, sadness and, at the same time, the presence of a strong spirit.

Like Snow White surrounded by funny dwarfs, the new princess needed a fast-paced, comedic setting. “We have to make little friends for Cinderella,” said Walt. These funny characters are ... mice - smart Jacques and chubby Gus made up a delightful comic duet.

Other animals surrounding Cinderella are also interesting. Especially notable is the cat Lucifer.

Creation

The shooting of the picture lasted six years, from 1944 to 1950. Several dozen people worked on the film. Among them are actors who voiced characters, directors, artists, animators, writers, composers and other creative professionals. Walt Disney himself supervised the entire work process.

Especially a lot of effort was spent on the search for a new animation technique, the creation of three-dimensional forms and the use of new expressive means. And, as always, the animation of the cartoon meets the highest standards.

Almost the entire picture was created using the latest Live Action technique for that time - first, real actors were filmed, then they were outlined.

One of the creative techniques of the painting is the complex modeling of colors. Most of the background of the film is made up of cool colors that set off the characters and make them even more vivid and alive.

Characters of characters are reflected in their appearance. Each hero has his own personality, his own facial expression: Cinderella is kind and honest, the stepmother is cold and evil, the king is good-natured and a little strict. Drawn characters are so similar to real people! What are the sleepy Cinderella, the funny muzzles of mice, the stepmother darkening with anger!

Mark Davis, who created the memorable moment of Cinderella's rags turning into a shimmery sequined dress, recalled that when asked by a studio guest about his favorite animation, Walt Disney replied, "Well, I guess that's where Cinderella got her dress."

The landscapes of the picture are both fabulous and realistic at the same time. Nature drawn to the smallest detail, Cinderella's house and the royal palace are admired - all the details are so beautifully and reliably depicted. It is felt that incredible work and soul of its creators have been invested in the film. Maybe that's what makes Disney movies so unique, unforgettable and loved.

The film's music is also great. The story of Cinderella is accompanied by six songs, each of which emphasizes the most important moments of the plot: "Cinderella", "Cinderella at work", "Bibbidi-Babbidi-Boo", "Yes, this is love", "Your dreams are born in the heart" and "Sing , nightingale. Beautiful voices and melodies make songs memorable.

The magical song "Bibbidy-Babbidi-Boo" ("Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo") was nominated for an Oscar as the best song.

Awards and nominations

1950- Special Prize of the Venice Film Festival, nomination for the "Golden Lion";

1951- Prize of the Berlin Film Festival "Golden Bear" for the best musical, Audience Award "Big Bronze Plate";

1951- Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Song and Best Score for Musical Pictures;

1960- nomination of the Berlin Film Festival for the prize "Golden Bear".

It is interesting:

• • Cinderella is also the second Disney princess and the eighth oldest of them all - she is 17 years old.

    Cinderella's stepmother looks like Maleficent, the evil witch from Sleeping Beauty.

    When Cinderella sings "Sing, sweet nightingale," three air bubbles form the ears and head of Mickey Mouse, the hallmark of the Disney studio.

    After its release, the film was revised every seven to eight years.

    Cinderella has been translated into many languages ​​and is watched and loved all over the world.

    The transformation of Cinderella's tattered clothes into a ball gown was Walt Disney's most beloved animation moment from his film.

    Cinderella is the second official Disney princess, having joined the franchise in 1950 after Snow White (1937).

    Although this was only the second introduction of a Disney princess, the main character's story preceded Snow White in the 1922 animated short.

    Cinderella is the first Disney princess whose image was based on the fairy tales of Charles Perrault (the second was Aurora).

    Cinderella is the second Disney princess to receive a feature film many years after the original cartoon. The first was Aurora, and the third will be Belle.

    Cinderella is the second oldest Disney princess after Elsa, who at the time of the coronation in the cartoon Cold heart was 21 years old.

    Cinderella is the first princess whose childhood was shown on screen.

    Cinderella's hair color is a big controversy among fans. In the original cartoon, they appear to be light red. In the Disney franchise and parks, Cinderella's hair is represented as bright yellow.

    Cinderella's features and facial expressions are similar to Alice from the cartoon Alice in Wonderland(1951) and Cartoon Wendy Peter Pan (1953).

    Cinderella is the second orphan princess.

    Like Snow White, Cinderella spends most of her life without a father. Instead, she is under the care of a cruel and envious stepmother. Both heroines were forced to become servants in their own home.

    Shoes also became a symbolic message. Cinderella is so delicate that she can walk in glass shoes and not break them.

    Cinderella is the only princess who wears the attire of a simple maid in the castle. Other princesses wear royal attire when they are in their kingdom.

Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True

- a full-length cartoon, released in 2002 by The Walt Disney Company, the release took place immediately on DVD. The cartoon is a sequel to the 1950 cartoon Cinderella. The cartoon combines 3 stories, in the style of the animated series. The same technique was used in .

Plot

Mice Gus and Jacques are in a hurry to the fairy, who should read them a fairy tale about Cinderella. They are late for the fairy tale, so they ask to tell a new one, but the fairy says that there is only one fairy tale about Cinderella. Then the mice have the idea to write their own book with stories about Cinderella. The fairy helps them with magic, and the mice, remembering some interesting story related to Cinderella, immediately write it down in their book.

The first story is about Cinderella's first days after her wedding at the castle. The prince asks her to arrange a royal holiday, promising to help, but then it turns out that the king is planning another event of national importance. Then he takes the prince with him on a trip, leaving Cinderella in the care of Prudence, a court lady with tough morals who adheres to the old ways. Her task is to make a real princess out of Cinderella before the king and prince return. But Cinderella doesn't quite like Prudence's ways, and she decides to do everything her own way...

In the second story, the main character becomes Cinderella's best friend, the mouse Jacques, who, mistakenly believing that Cinderella does not need him now, since she is now a princess, wanted to become a man. He thought he would have fewer problems that way. The fairy godmother fulfills his request with the help of a magic wand - she makes a man out of Jacques. But it turns out that he is not adapted to human life, and he has much more problems than when he was a mouse...

In the third story, Anastacia, Cinderella's half-sister, walking with her mother and sister through the village market in search of the best fabric for a ball gown, enters a bakery and meets with a baker. Mutual sympathy arises between them, and a conversation is struck up, but Lady Tremaine, having previously criticized the baker as being no match for Anastacia, takes the girl and leaves. Cinderella and her friends are watching this situation through the bakery window. They decide to unite the lovers by all means.

Having finished writing the book, the mice rush to Cinderella to please her with a gift.

Cinderella 3: Evil Spell

is a feature-length animated film by DisneyToon Studios, released in 2007 straight to DVD. The cartoon was released on February 6, 2007 and was rated G (no age limit) by the MPAA.

Plot

Cinderella and the prince are celebrating their wedding anniversary, and the fairy godmother, along with Jacques and Gus, Cinderella's mouse friends, have a festive picnic for them in the forest. During the celebration, the fairy accidentally loses her magic wand, and the wand ends up in the hands of Lady Treyman's evil stepmother. She and her daughters decide to take revenge on Cinderella. With the help of a magic wand, the stepmother returns time to the moment when the duke was looking all over the kingdom for a girl who lost her shoe at the ball. Thanks to the magic wand, the shoe fit Anastasia. When Cinderella arrives, it turns out that it's already late - Anastasia and the duke went to the castle.

Cinderella decides to go to the castle - after all, the prince remembers with whom he danced. But the stepmother manages to enchant the prince, and now he thinks that he was dancing with Anastasia. Cinderella finds the prince, but he no longer remembers her. She finds out that her stepmother has a magic wand and decides to steal it, but fails. The stepmother orders the guards to put Cinderella on the ship, which sails today. The mice find the prince and tell him that his stepmother hypnotized him and that he really loves Cinderella.

The prince is trying to catch the ship's departure. Cinderella returns and begins to prepare for the wedding, but the stepmother sneaks into Cinderella's room, falsely saying that she agrees that the prince will marry her, but in fact she turned Anastasia into Cinderella. They order Lucifer to make sure that Cinderella can never return to the castle. The wedding begins, and Cinderella, who has finished with the treacherous cat Lucifer, manages to escape and make it before the wedding begins. Lady Treiman and Drizella are turned into toads, while Anastasia turns into herself. A good fairy appears and takes her wand. Cinderella and the prince are getting married again.

Creation:

When Frank Nissen, the director of Cinderella 3, was finishing work on another Disney cartoon "", the studio administrators offered him to direct a new Cinderella film, to which Nissen agreed. The filming process for Cinderella 3 lasted more than two years, from the beginning of 2004 to the end of 2006.

For the roles of the characters in Cinderella 3, Frank Nissen chose the same actors that voiced the characters in the previous sequel, Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True. According to director Nissen:

Everyone knows their voices. They are the voices that the company uses throughout. Every time they need Cinderella somewhere, whether it's on the radio or somewhere in the [Disneyland] parks where the voice should be part of the show, they use these people. They know the characters really well and they are very good actors. It's just an unbreakable thing.

Music:

The music and songs of Cinderella 3, such as "Best of the Best" (Eng. Perfectly Perfect), "More than a dream" (eng. More Than a Dream), "Anastasia's Song" and "At the Ball" (eng. At the Ball) were written by composers Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. The final composition for the cartoon "I still believe" (eng. I still believe) was written by fellow composers Matthew Gerrard and Bridget Benenate, and performed by American actress and singer Hayden Panettiere. A music video was later shot for the song and included in the Cinderella 3 DVD extras. An official soundtrack for the animated film has yet to be released.

Disney Entertainment Centers

Cinderella's Castle is an attraction in the Magic Kingdom park, which is part of the Disney World entertainment center, which is the official symbol of both the park and the entire center. There is also a similar castle at Disneyland in Tokyo. In addition, the role of Cinderella in front of park visitors is played by actresses dressed as the heroine. In 2012, Cinderella, along with other Disney princesses, became the heroine of the Princess Fairytale Hall attraction in the Magic Kingdom park, replacing the Snow White's Scary Adventures attraction.