fire. There he meets the stepdaughter, in all new furs and with a team of beautiful snow-white horses. The soldier suggests to the queen that they ask to borrow the horses so they may return home to the castle. The queen demands them, and offers the stepdaughter wealth and power in return, but the stepdaughter refuses. The soldier explains to the haughty queen that it is necessary to ask kindly. Once she does, the stepdaughter with pleasure lends them her horses and gives them warm fur coats. They all go home, having left the brother months at a New Year's fire. Creators Home video The first home release of The Twelve Months in the 1980s, by the studio Videoprogrammoy Goskino USSR (Видеопрограммой Госкино СССР). In the early 1990s, the film was released again by the film association Krupny Plan. Later, it was included in the VHS collection “The Best Soviet Animated Films”, which contained several Ivanov-Vano films based on Pushkin fairy tales. Since 1994, the film has also been released on VHS by Soyuzmultfilm. The Twelve Months was first released on DVD in 1999 by the company Films by Jove, with Spanish, French and English subtitles. In 2004, updated DVD versions of the film were released on wide sale. See also History of Russian animation List of animated feature-length films External links (Official Russian) (Russian with English subtitles) The Twelve Months at animator.ru The Twelve Months at myltik.ru The Twelve Months at Krupnyy Plan Stories From My Childhood, Vol. 3 at the Films by Jove website 1956 animated films 1956 films 1950s fantasy films Films based on fairy tales Films based on Russian folklore Films directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano Films set in the 18th century Films set in the 19th century 1950s Russian-language films Russian animated films Russian children's fantasy films Soviet animated films Soyuzmultfilm Soviet children's films