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01/06/1973 Animation, Fantasy, Action 0h 20m
90
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Overview

The cunning king Polidekt of the island of Serif sends the young hero Perseus to get the head of Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze turns people to stone. He is accompanied by the god of commerce and profits and the patron of thieves and athletes, Hermes, who pursues his personal interests. Perseus gets the head of Medusa, but uses it to save Andromeda, the daughter of King Kef.

  1. Aleksey Simukov

    Writer

  2. Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Vsevolod Larionov

    Hermes (voice)

  2. Anna Kamenkova

    Andromeda (voice)

  3. Yevgeni Gerasimov

    Perseus (voice)

  4. Zinaida Naryshkina

    Youngest of Grays (voice)

  5. Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

    Second of Grays (voice)

  6. Sofya Zajkova

    Gorgona Medusa (voice)

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Reviews

A review by SorenHoffmann
Written by SorenHoffmann on 2026-04-30
The 1973 Soviet animated film Perses, directed by Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, is not historically accurate to ancient Greek mythology. Instead, it deliberately reshapes the myth into a moral allegory typical of Soviet educational animation, focusing on a conflict between altruism and greed.

The De-Divinization of the God: In the Aryan tradition, Hermes is a "Solar" messenger, the God of initiation, and a guide for the hero. The film's depiction of him as a cynical, profit-driven "merchant" who views kindness as a "commodity" would be seen as a Marxist/Semitic caricature.

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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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