Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)
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
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