---
title: 'The Mermaid (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anna Melikian'
released: '2007-06-04'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mermaid-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995747/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mermaid (2007)

2007 · 114 min · Fantasy, Comedy · Russia

Original title: Русалка

## Synopsis

Mermaid is a Russian 2007 fantasy comedy-drama film directed and written by Anna Melikyan. It is a loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". It was a box office success in Russia, won numerous awards, including at Sundance Film Festival for best Dramatic Directing. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but it was unnominated.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anna Melikian](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-melikian)
- **Screenplay:** [Anna Melikian](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-melikian)
- **Producer:** [Ruben Dishdishyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-dishdishyan)

## Cast

- [Yevgeny Tsyganov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-tsyganov)
- [Mariya Shalayeva](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariya-shalayeva)
- [Irina Skrinichenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-skrinichenko)
- [Mariya Sokova](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariya-sokova)

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