---
title: 'Scarlet Sails (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksandr Ptushko'
released: '1961-06-07'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scarlet-sails-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054618/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scarlet Sails (1961)

1961 · 85 min · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Алые паруса

## Synopsis

Scarlet Sails is a 1961 Soviet romantic fantasy film produced by Mosfilm and directed by Alexandr Ptushko. It is based on Alexander Grin's 1923 romance novel of the same name and stars Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya. The story is a romantic fantasy and is described as a "fairy tale", though it contains no supernatural elements but two prophecies that came true.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Aleksandr Ptushko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-ptushko)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksandr Yurovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-yurovsky), [Aleksei Nagornyj](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-nagornyj)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Igor Morozov](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-morozov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Viktor Yakushev](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-yakushev)

## Cast

- [Sergey Martinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-martinson)
- [Anastasiya Vertinskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/anastasiya-vertinskaya)
- [Vasily Lanovoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-lanovoy)
- [Yevgeny Morgunov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-morgunov)
- [Dzhemma Firsova](https://cinepixo.com/people/dzhemma-firsova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/scarlet-sails-1961
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