1975
5.7 (13 votes)
1h 19m
Genres
Family
Fantasy
Production Companies
Gorky Film Studios
Finest, the Brave Falcon (Финист – Ясный сокол)
Overview
This fairy tale film is dedicated to the memory of the great film director Alexander Row, 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.
Key Crew
Director: Gennadi Vasilyev
Writer: Aleksandr Rou, Lev Potyomkin
Director of Photography: Vladimir Okunev, Yuri Malinovsky
Producer: Roman Konbrandt
Top 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
