79 minutes
12/30/1975
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.
Vyacheslav Voskresensky
as Finist
Svetlana Orlova
as Alyonushka
Mikhail Kononov
as Yashka
Mikhail Pugovkin
as Voyevoda
Aleksei Smirnov
as Bath-attendant
Lyudmila Khityaeva
as Anfisa
Georgiy Vitsin
as Agafon
Mariya Barabanova
as Nenila
Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova
as Veselushka
Anna Stroganova
as Veselushka
Mark Pertsovskiy
as Kartaus
Georgi Millyar
as Kastryuk
Lev Potyomkin
as Fingal
Viktor Mikhaylov
as Episode