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[princesssarisa]

Sleeping Beauty Spring: "Prinsessa Ruusunen" ("Princess Briar Rose") (1949 Finnish film)

The late 1940s saw several enchanting black-and-white live-action film versions of fairy tales released in Europe. The most famous of these is Jean Cocteau's French Beauty and the Beast of 1946; another is the charming Russian Cinderella of 1947. But another, similar film was produced in a country rarely known for its cinema: Finland, where this Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1949.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the film with English subtitles, and I have no knowledge of Finnish. But luckily, there is a detailed English synopsis of the film online, which helped me understand what was happening in each moment.

Set in a stylized 18th century Rococo kingdom, the film's opening scene shows the peasants bringing gifts to the Queen (Mirjam Novero) to celebrate her recovery from an illness. But the Queen and her King (Aarne Laine) are sad because they have no child. (Was her "illness" a miscarriage?) That is, until the beautiful Fairy of Light (Eeva-Kaarina Volanen) foretells the birth of a princess. When the baby Princess Ruusunen is born (her name, the traditional Finnish equivalent of the Grimms' "Briar Rose", just means "little rose"), the King and Queen invite nobility and peasants alike to the feast – as well as the Fairy of Light, and five other good fairies, all youthful beauties in white robes and with long blonde hair. But the buffoonish Cook has lost one of the seven golden plates reserved for fairies, so at the suggestion of an impish little scullery boy named Sam – a comic character throughout the story, who, in a surreal, dreamlike touch, always stays a child even as the princess grows up – the grim, dark-robed Fairy of Death (Enni Rekola) goes uninvited. But of course she comes unexpectedly, and curses Princess Ruusunen to prick her finger at age fifteen and die, which the Fairy of Light can only soften to a hundred-year sleep.

The film's next portion is especially creative, as we spend more time in the princess's childhood than usual. On her fifth birthday, little Ruusunen visits the villagers with her nursemaid, giving them gifts and befriending a five-year-old peasant girl named Sanna. Unfortunately, she also sees a spinning wheel for the the first time and gains an interest. It's now that her parents have every spinning wheel destroyed, except for the one belonging to the castle's spinner Liisa, who confines her work to a secluded tower.

Ten years later, Ruusunen (now played by fifteen-year-old Tuula Usva) again celebrates her birthday by giving to others, this time by handing out roses. This includes a visit to Liisa's tower to give her a rose too... and when Liisa drops off to sleep, the princess indulges her longtime wish to try spinning. The Fairy of Death is there, unseen, and under her steely gaze, Ruusunen pricks her finger. But the subsequent "falling asleep" sequence is especially gentle and sweet in this film. Ruusunen doesn't collapse in a deathlike swoon, but peacefully dozes off in her chair, and the Sandman then arrives to sprinkle his sand throughout the castle. causing the rest of the court to doze off too. Afterwards, the castle is magically covered with climbing roses – thorny, but lush with leaves and flowers throughout the hundred years. A group of friendly gnomes also stay in the castle to watch over the sleepers.

When Prince Florestan (Martti Katajisto) finally arrives, Sanna, now an ancient grandmother, tells him about the sleeping princess. The peasants now wear 19th century dress, but Florestan wears Renaissance clothing for a classic "Prince Charming" look. The Fairy of Death has filled the castle with spiders and webs, but Florestan slays the most monstrous spider (a battle only seen in silhouette – a wise choice to keep us from laughing at the crude spider puppet) and scales the castle wall. He wakes Ruusunen with a chaste kiss on her head, and Cupid's arrow makes them fall in love. The King, Queen, and court awake too, the villagers greet them, the Fairy of Light blesses the prince and princess's union.

This is a sweet, charming Sleeping Beauty, with a gentle atmosphere that blends magic, humor, and warmth. The expanded role of the kingdom's peasants adds an appealing down-to-earth quality, while further charm is added by the comic portrayals of the royal courtiers, the inclusion of magical beings such as elves, the Sandman, and Cupid, and the enhanced role of children in the story. Although neither the sets nor the special effects are very sophisticated, their stylized nature suits a fairy tale, and the musical score is effective too, with shorts songs – charming, if not very memorable – and dance sequences peppered throughout the story.

Both as a unique Sleeping Beauty and as a glimpse into the world of 1940s Finnish film, this production is very much worth seeing.

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[princesssarisa]

Thank you for sharing the link! I'l add it to my list of Sleeping Beauty adaptations.

Even if I can't find the 1917 German silent version, this Finnish version will make up for that lack.

POST WAR FAIRY TALE PRINCESSES TRIAD

@themousefromfantasyland​ @superkingofpriderock​ @princesssarisa​ @the-blue-fairie​ @angelixgutz​

Finally a triad of Post-War Late 1940 Fairy Tale Princess Movies has been completed!

Josette Day as Belle in La Belle et La Bête (1946)

Yanina Zhejmo as Cinderella in Zolushka (1947)

Tuula Rosenqvist as Ruusunen (Briar Rose/Sleeping Beauty) in Prinsessa Ruusunen (1949)

[discolesbo]

Fairytale character names in Finnish

Snow White = Lumikki (lumi = snow)

Cinderella = Tuhkimo (tuhka = cinder)

Sleeping Beauty = Prinsessa Ruusunen ("Princess Little Rose")

Rapunzel = Tähkäpää ("Spike (!botany!) Head")

Prince Charming = Prinssi Uljas ("Prince Valiant")

Hansel and Gretel = Hannu ja Kerttu

Snow Queen = Lumikuningatar

Little Mermaid = Pieni merenneito

Humpty Dumpty = Tyyris Tyllerö, Lilleri Lalleri

Jack = Jaakko (for example, Jack and the Beanstalk)

Puss in Boots = Saapasjalkakissa (Boot Legged Cat)

Alice = Liisa

Goldilocks = Kultakutri (kulta+kutri)

Tooth Fairy = Hammaskeiju (hammas+keiju)

Thumbelina = Peukaloliisa (peukalo = thumb)

Rumpelsiltskin = Tittelintuure, Käppyrähäntä ("curved tail"), Hopskukkeli, Rompanruoja... A man of many names

Pied Piper = Pillipiipari

Man in the Moon = Kuu-ukko ("Moon (old) man")

[kivikunnas]

Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) Suite No. 1, Op. 22: VI. Haamarssi ...

[wuekka]

Ikää oli tänään kun opin että värttinä=/=rukki, eli prinsessa Ruusunen on käännetty väärin kun sanoo että pistää sormensa värttinän piikkiin, se on vaan rukki. :D

...I'm reading six crimson cranes in english and it got me wondering how spindle and spinning wheel differ and how that process works.

Edit: english version of sleeping beauty says "spindle of a spinning wheel", when finnish just says "point/thorn of a spindle", I'm not blaming the dubbers it's not easy. :D

[toomanycupsoftea]

Image from the movie "Prinsessa Ruusunen" (Sleeping Beauty), Finnish version of the Grimm fairytale. The film was released in 1949.

[vesku56]

Vai ei muka Quasimodo ole ruma?

Prinsessa Ruusunen, Lilliputti ja Quasimodo tapasivat.

Prinsessa Ruusunen sanoi: "Olen maailman kaunein, mutta kukaan ei tiedä sitä!" Lilliputti sanoi: "Olen maailman pienin, mutta kukaan ei tiedä sitä!"" Quasimodo sanoi: "Olen maailman rumin, mutta kukaan ei tiedä sitä!"

Ruusunen,Lilliputti ja Quasimodo lähtivät suuren tietäjän luokse kysymään, pystyisikö tämä auttamaan heitä.

Ensin meni Ruusunen ja oli tietäjän luona 5 minuuttia ja tuli tyytyväisenä ulos: "Tietäjä sanoi, että olen todellakin maailman kaunein ihminen ja hän lupasi, että kohta kaikki tietävät sen."

Sitten meni Lilliputti ja oli tietäjän luona 5 minuuttia ja tuli

tyytyväisenä ulos: "Tietäjä sanoi, että olen todellakin maailman pienin ihminen ja hän lupasi, että kohta kaikki tietävät sen. Sitten meni Quasimodo ja hän oli tietäjän luona 10 minuuttia, 20 minuuttia, puoli tuntia ja tuli lopulta päätään puistellen ulos: "Kuka helvetti on Hjallis Harkimo?!?!"

[koottaree]

First I was supposed to draw Rapunzel but she wanted to be Sleeping beauty instead. 😂 #sleepingbeauty #stories #watercolor #prinsessa #ruusunen #princess

[princesssarisa]

Coming up next in Sleeping Beauty Spring:

The 1949 Finnish film Prinsessa Ruusunen.

Thanks to @ariel-seagull-wings for recommending it and letting me know where to watch it!

[fairytalemovies]

Prinsessa Ruusunen, 1949

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@the-blue-fairie @fairytaleslive @themousefromfantasyland

Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) | dir. Edvin Laine (1949)

[fullmetalnika]

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The Sleeping Princess (1939), a Walter Lantz Productions animated short parodying the original fairy tale.

Prinsessa Ruusunen (1949), a Finnish film directed by Edvin Laine and scored with Erkki Melartin’s incidental music from 1912.

Dornröschen (1955), a German film directed by Fritz Genschow.

Sleeping Beauty (1959), a Walt Disney animated film based on both Charles Perrault and the Brother’s Grimm’s versions. Featuring the original voices of Mary Costa as Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty and Eleanor Audley as Maleficent.

Some Call It Loving (also known as Sleeping Beauty) (1973), directed by James B. Harris and starring Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow, and Richard Pryor, based on a short story by John Collier.

Sleeping Beauty (1987), a direct-to-television musical film directed by David Irving.

The Legend of Sleeping Brittany (1989), an episode of Alvin & the Chipmunks based on the fairy tale.

An episode of the series Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics is dedicated to Princess Briar Rose.

Sleeping Beauty (1995), a Japanese-American direct-to-video film by Jetlag Productions.

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) episode Sleeping Beauty, the classic story is told with a Hispanic cast, when Rosita is cast into a long sleep by Evelina, and later awakened by Prince Luis.

Bellas durmientes (Sleeping Beauties) (2001), directed by Eloy Lozano, adapted from the Kawabata novel.

La belle endormie (The Sleeping Beauty) (2010), a film by Catherine Breillat.

Sleeping Beauty (2011), directed by Julia Leigh and starring Emily Browning, about a young girl who takes a sleeping potion and lets men have their way with her to earn extra money.

Once Upon a Time (2011), an ABC TV show starring Sarah Bolger and Julian Morris.

Sleeping Beauty (2014), a film by Rene Perez.

Sleeping Beauty (2014), a film by Casper Van Dien.

Maleficent (2014), a Walt Disney live-action reimagining starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent and Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora.

Ever After High, episode Briar Beauty (2015), an animated Netflix series.

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016), an American horror film directed by Pearry Reginald Teo.

Archie Campbell satirized the story with “Beeping Sleauty” in several Hee Haw television episodes.

[samoililja]

Fairy tale vocabulary in Finnish

Olipa kerran... = Once upon a time...

~°~x~°~

Lumikki = Snow White

Tuhkimo = Cinderella

Prinsessa Ruusunen = Sleeping Beauty

Pieni merenneito = Little mermaid

Kaunotar = Beauty

Tähkäpää = Rapunzel

Lumivalko ja Ruusunpuna = Snow-White and Rose-Red

Hyvä Haltijatar = Fairy Godmother

Punahilkka = Red Riding Hood

~°~x~°~

Kuningas = king

Kuningatar = queen

Prinssi = prince

Prinsessa = princess

Yksisarvinen = unicorn

Keiju = faery

Noita = witch

~°~x~°~

Valtakunta / Kuningaskunta = a kingdom

Linna = a castle

Torni = a tower

Lumous = enchanment

Loitsu = a spell

Kirous = a curse

Satumetsä = Fairy tale forest

~°~x~°~

Taianomainen = magical

Lumottu = enchanted

Kirottu = cursed

Kaunis = beautiful

Komea = handsome

~°~x~°~

Sen pituinen se = and they lived happily ever after (literally: “this the end of the tale”)

[vilijonne]

Prinsessa Ruusunen: Aurinko, Kuu ja Thalia

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@angelixgutz

Your Rococo Sleeping Beauty design reminds me of the 1949 film adaptation of the tale, Prinsessa Ruusunen

Since I talk about I planning to redesign the characters of my own take on Sleeping Beauty from my post, I done digitally drawn and colored over my sketch. I redesign the characters and their clothes in historically accurate look

Few of my followers said my 14 yr old me is genius for this concept

I modeled Joseph Quinn for my prince (bc him as Arthur Havisham from Dickensian looks like my old design) and Elle Fanning for my princess