Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)
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.
Director: Gennadi Vasilyev
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Vyacheslav Voskresensky as Finist |
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Svetlana Orlova as Alyonushka |
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Mikhail Kononov as Yashka |
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Mikhail Pugovkin as Voyevoda |
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Aleksei Smirnov as Bath-attendant |
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Lyudmila Khityaeva as Anfisa |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Agafon |
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Mariya Barabanova as Nenila |
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Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Veselushka |
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Anna Stroganova as Veselushka |
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Mark Pertsovskiy as Kartaus |
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Georgi Millyar as Kastryuk |
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Lev Potyomkin as Fingal |
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Viktor Mikhaylov as Episode |
| Directing | Gennadi Vasilyev | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Rou | Writer |
| Writing | Lev Potyomkin | Writer |
| Editing | Valeria Vasilyeva | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Shainskiy | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | S. Esaulenko | Editor |
| Writing | Nikolay Shestakov | Book |
| Camera | Vladimir Okunev | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Yuri Malinovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Sergey Serebrenikov | Production Design |
| Sound | Boris Golev | Sound Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Nozhkin | Lyricist |
| Directing | V. Makarov | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Sara Rubinstein | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berta Kuratova | Costume Design |
| Art | A. Ivaschenko | Set Designer |
| Visual Effects | Leonid Akimov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Milovskiy | VFX Supervisor |
| Crew | Tatyana Ustinova | Choreographer |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Conductor |
| Production | Roman Konbrandt | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sofya Filenova | Makeup Artist |
