A version with an English dub was released in 1966 in the U.S. and was spoofed on the TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The woman is cruel and gives her Nastenka many household chores, favoring her own daughter, Marfushka, who is rude, ugly, and lazy.

Meanwhile, in another village nearby, a young man named Ivan leaves his home and heads out to see the world.

Nastenka stops him, and Father Mushroom, watching nearby, casts a spell that changes Ivan into a bear.

Thinking that all he must do to change back is a good deed, Ivan seeks out people, demanding to know how he can help them; however having a bear's head terrifies them.

In the fall, she dresses Marfushka in fine clothes while putting mud on Nastenka's face to make her ugly.

While Father Frost is out walking, the cat tricks Nastenka into touching his staff, which freezes her and sends her into a deep slumber.

Father Frost gives Nastenka and Ivan a large dowry of jewels and a horse-driven sleigh for their impending marriage.

They return to Nastenka's village, where her father is happy to see his beloved daughter, and he welcomes Ivan as his son-in-law, but Marfushka and her mother eye their fortune and demand the same.

Meanwhile, when Marfushka tries to duplicate Nastenka's adventure in the snowbound forest, Father Frost is so horrified by her rudeness that he sends her back on a pig-driven sleigh, with a box full of crows as a dowry.

The video game Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya is heavily inspired by the movie.

[11] In 2009, Neil Cicierega produced "Ivanushka", a demo based on the plot of the film, which would later be adapted into the Spirit Phone track "Touch-Tone Telephone".