Riffed under the title "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad" on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)'s 100th episode, in the 6th season. Original aired date: August 14, 1993.
This film was not released in the United States until almost a decade later. It was re-titled "The Magic Voyage of Sinbad," dubbed into English and had some musical and dance sequences removed. This version was marketed to kids.
Some theaters in the United States handed out drawings based on the film that kids could color.
In the United States, the English language dubbing changed Sadko's name to Sinbad. In 1944, director Aleksandr Ptushko was one of five directors (he was the supervising director) of an animated short featuring the Arabian hero Sindbad.
The original Russian version was a musical fantasy based on an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov.