The Flying Ship (Russian: Летучий корабль, romanized: Letuchiy korabl) is a Soviet musical cartoon film directed by Garri Bardin in 1979 based on the Eastern European folk tale of the same name.

[3] The Tsar wants to marry his daughter Princess Zabava to his rich boyar Polkan.

Polkan only needs the tsar's personal connections to increase his wealth and the status of heir to the throne.

Polkan tells the king that he built the flying ship, and now Zabava will be his wife.

Through the pipe, the lovers leave the palace and climb up the stairs, which Polkan forgot to remove, onto the ship.