Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)

6.1/10 79 min Family Fantasy

Overview

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.

Cast

Vyacheslav Voskresensky

Finist

Svetlana Orlova

Alyonushka

Mikhail Kononov

Yashka

Mikhail Pugovkin

Voyevoda

Aleksei Smirnov

Bath-attendant

Lyudmila Khityaeva

Anfisa

Georgiy Vitsin

Agafon

Mariya Barabanova

Nenila

Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova

Veselushka

Anna Stroganova

Veselushka

Mark Pertsovskiy

Kartaus

Georgi Millyar

Kastryuk

Lev Potyomkin

Fingal

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