The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
This fairy tale film is dedicated to the memory of the great film director Aleksandr Rou, the founder of the genre. Once upon a time there lived a brave and kind hero named Finist the Bright Falcon. He was famous for his strength, courage and a heart of gold. But one day the Russian land was attacked by an evil enemy, Kartaus, who turned our hero into a forest monster. This spell was cast on a condition that Finist might become a man again, should a beautiful girl, Alyonushka, fall in love with him while he was a beast.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Gennadi VasilyevDirector
- Aleksandr RouWriter
- Lev PotyomkinWriter
- Vladimir ShainskiyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vyacheslav VoskresenskyFinist
- Svetlana OrlovaAlyonushka
- Mikhail KononovYashka
- Mikhail PugovkinVoyevoda
- Aleksei SmirnovBath-attendant
- Lyudmila KhityaevaAnfisa
- Georgiy VitsinAgafon
- Mariya BarabanovaNenila
- Glikeriya Bogdanova-ChesnokovaVeselushka
- Anna StroganovaVeselushka
- Mark PertsovskiyKartaus
- Georgi MillyarKastryuk
Stills
Themes
fairy tale