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A Russian family fantasy so chaotic it has three directors and a 2.6 rating — disaster or cult masterpiece?
TMDB
26
IMDb
13

Fairy Tale. There Is (2012)

DIY fantasyfamily fever dreamunhinged whimsy

Overview

FamilyFantasy

A set of novels about children and their parents.

Flag of RURURussian
Content warning

Standout Aspects

Acting

Elizaveta Boyarskaya somehow committing to this chaos

Direction

Three directors, zero coherent vision — fascinating trainwreck

Best for:Friends: Irony-forward movie nights with people who love cinematic catastrophes·Binge: Part of a 'worst rated' marathon — you coward
Heads up:Disturbing: Uncanny doll sequences that haunt dreams
Aleksandr Barshak

Director

Aleksandr Barshak

ReleasedSep 13, 2012
Runtime1h 32m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Alliance Film Company

Top Cast

Anfisa Vistingauzen

Anfisa Vistingauzen

Даша

Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Мама

Maksim Matveev

Maksim Matveev

Папа

Darya Moroz

Darya Moroz

кукла Барби

Sergey Ugryumov

Sergey Ugryumov

Кукла-Папа

Svetlana Ivanova

Svetlana Ivanova

Кукла-Сестра

Mikhail Porechenkov

Mikhail Porechenkov

Плюшевый Мишка

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Энциклопедический Словарь

Mikhail Trukhin

Mikhail Trukhin

Плейер

Andrey Smolyakov

Andrey Smolyakov

Злой Клоун

Irina Pegova

Irina Pegova

мама Феди

Aleksey Serebryakov

Aleksey Serebryakov

папа Феди

Grigorij Sijatvinda

Grigorij Sijatvinda

Шпрехшталмейстер

Artur Smolyaninov

Artur Smolyaninov

Гордый Заяц

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This is one of the few Russian films with three credited directors, suggesting either ambitious collaboration or production hell — possibly both.

Cultural

The film attempts to adapt a popular Russian children's book series but landed in an uncanny valley between sincere family entertainment and unintentional horror.

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