History Literature / TheScarletSails

* HateSink: Menners Sr., being miserly, perverted and ruthless, is an utter despicable bastard in ''every'' version of the story.

''The Scarlet Sails'' is a classic in the Eastern Bloc and especially Russia as a symbol of everlasting hope, dream, and love, with two films in [[Film/TheScarletSails 1961]] and [[Film/{{Assol}} 1982]] and a [[Theatre/TheScarletSails highly popular musical]], not counting the endless other stage adaptations, based on it, as well as a famous St.-Petersburg summer festival inspired by the book.

''The Scarlet Sails'' is a classic in the Eastern Bloc and especially Russia as a symbol of everlasting hope, dream, and love, with two films and a highly popular musical, not counting the endless other stage adaptations, based on it, as well as a famous St.-Petersburg summer festival inspired by the book.

''The Scarlet Sails'' is a classic in the Eastern Bloc and especially Russia as a symbol of everlasting hope, dream, and love, with several films and a highly popular musical, not counting the endless other stage adaptations, based on it, as well as a famous St.-Petersburg summer festival inspired by the book.

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A surrealistic, experimental 1982 film adaptation.
* AdaptationalContextChange: Both in the book and in this movie, Grey asks Menners Jr. about Assol, and Menners Jr. says she is crazy and mockingly describes her dream of the scarlet sails. However, in the book, he does it [[KickTheDog just out of general nastiness]], while here, he is in love with her himself and wants to make sure Grey would lose interest in her.
* AdaptationalHeroism: All the villagers of Kaperna are much nicer than in the book. The children are shown playing with Assol (at the corresponding time in the book they fully shunned her), the GossipyHens make amends with her closer to the end, and the entire village undergoes a HeelFaceTurn thanks to the whole adventure of the scarlet sails.
* AdaptationalMundanity: Inverted. Egl has no magic powers in the book, but here he vanishes into thin air.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The only one to get hit with it is Menners Sr. Not only does he assault Mary, he also puts the blame on her when they are surprised by his wife, leading to the latter kicking Mary out into the cold rain. In the book, going to the pawnbroker's through the cold rain was at least Mary's own decision and she had an alternative (taking some food offered by the neighbour).
* AgeLift: In the book, Menners Jr. is seven years older than Assol. Here, they are about the same age.
* BettyAndVeronica: Situation-wise, Menners Jr. is the Betty since he has known Assol since childhood and is well-respected in the village as the local innkeeper, while Grey is the Veronica, as he, for a long time, is only known to Assol as her imaginary PrinceCharming, and is shown to be a RebelPrince when he does appear onscreen. Personality-wise, Grey is the Betty, being kind, noble and idealistic, while self-assured, cynical ReformedBully Menners Jr. is the Veronica.
* CompositeCharacter: Instead of a random beggar, it's now Menners Jr. who overhears Longren and Assol talking about the scarlet sails and spreads the story around Kaperna.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The mundane everyday life scenes are monochrome.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Menners Jr. tells Grey that Assol is a madwoman dreaming of a prince under scarlet sails – hoping, it's implied, to discourage a potential rival. Instead, he achieves the exact opposite. Grey only becomes even more certain Assol is his true love.
* OhCrap: Menners Jr. stares in shock and then freaks out when he sees a ship with scarlet sails approaching Kaperna. It's not just that it means he DidNotGetTheGirl: his whole outlook on life is being turned upside down.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Menners Jr. has an unrequited crush on Assol.
* ReformedBully: After being Assol's main bully in their childhood, Menners Jr. becomes better as they grow up – even before he completely reforms, along with the entire village, in the end. Unlike his counterpart from the musical, he is respectful of her in his attempt at flirting.
* SplashOfColor: Whenever something out of the ordinary (not necessarily fantastic) appears, it is shown in color. The final scene, where the residents of Kaperna watch Grey's ship leave, is entirely in color, implying the villagers' view of life has been completely changed.
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[[folder:1961 film]]
A live-action adaptation by Alexander Ptushko.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Grey is a hired captain and doesn't own the ''Secret'', since it wouldn't have been proper to have a capitalist as a Soviet romantic hero. However, Grey still refuses expensive cargo and instead buys two kilometres of scarlet silk for the sails. For somebody who doesn't own the ship, it would have most probably led to a loss of the job. Unless, of course, the ship's owner is enough of a romantic to forgive such an escapade, but this is never addressed in the movie.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Grey's parents are stereotypical IdleRich; Lionel's sense of humor and Lilian's unconditional love for Arthur aren't shown.
* CanonForeigner: Grey helps some terrorists, no hint of whom can be found in the book. To clarify: revolutionary terrorists were token ''good'' guys who often appeared in Soviet media.
* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: Arthur Grey renounces his aristocratic lineage and helps some random revolutionary terrorists who tried to kill some random mayor. In the book, he does run away from home to become a captain but keeps in touch with his mother, and there are no terrorists. His parents also get hit with heavy AdaptationalVillainy, because in the Soviet world AristocratsAreEvil and only evil.
* DeathByAdaptation: Lilian Grey dies and her husband [[SparedByAdaptation lives]]. In the book, it's the other way round.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When the scarlet sails appear, Menners Jr. tries to stop Assol from approaching the ship, mockingly saying "Fool! Do you think they are here for you?!" Apparently, according to him, it's just a random ship that just happens to match Egl's ridiculously specific prophecy.
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* BarefootLoon: Assol is a dreamy girl [[DoesNotLikeShoes with a penchant for going barefoot]].

* ImplausibleDeniability: When the scarlet sails appear, Menners Jr. tries to stop Assol from approaching the ship, mockingly saying "Fool! Do you think they are here for you?!" Apparently, it's just a random ship that just happens to match Egl's ridiculously specific prophecy.