Finest, the Brave Falcon
(1975)
★ 6.1 IMDb · 16 votes
Year: 1975
Runtime: 79 мин
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Геннадий Васильев
Cast: Вячеслав Воскресенский, Светлана Орлова, Михаил Кононов, Михаил Пуговкин, Алексей Смирнов, Людмила Хитяева, Георгий Вицин, Мария Барабанова, Гликерия Богданова-Чеснокова, Анна Строганова
Plot
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.