When the fearsome Tugarin the Serpent steals the city's gold, the young hero Alyosha Popovich sets out on a daring quest to recover the treasure and bring the villain to justice. Along the way, he is joined by an unlikely group of companions: his loyal mentor Tikhon, a talking horse named Julius, the wise grandmother Babusya, a mischievous donkey, and the beautiful Lyubava. Together, they embark on an adventure filled with unexpected challenges, humor, and heroic deeds.
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Cast
12 people
Oleg Kulikovich
Alesha Popovitch (voice)
Known for
Fantastic Return to Oz
Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf
Bill Timoney
Alyosha Popovich (voice: English version)
Liya Medvedeva
Lyubava (voice)
Anatoli Petrov
Grandfather Tikhon (voice)
Known for
A Visitor to a Museum
Little Longnose
Dmitry Vysotsky
Yuli (voice)
Known for
Fantastic Return to Oz
Ivan Krasko
Ivan / Pope (voice)
Known for
Little Longnose
We Are from the Future 2
Tatyana Ivanova
Mother (voice)
Known for
Little Longnose
Mikhail Chernyak
Moses (voice)
Known for
Kikoriki. Legend of the Golden Dragon
Finnick
Konstantin Bronzit
Tugarin (voice)
Known for
At the Ends of the Earth
Little Longnose
Sergey Makovetskiy
Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
Known for
12
Of Freaks and Men
Natalya Danilova
Lyubava's grandmother
Known for
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Little Longnose
Elena Shulman
Alesha as a child / Rostov women (voice)
Known for
Little Longnose
Kikoriki. Legend of the Golden Dragon
Konstantin Bronzit Director · Ilya Maksimov Screenplay Maxim Sveshnikov Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.7M · Budget $4M · First release December 23, 2004
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,732,414
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
CTB Film Company
Production
Melnitsa Animation Studio
Production · Studio
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Алёша Попович и Тугарин Змей
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 23, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
September 2, 2011 · Premiere · Buenos Aires Festival of Film for Children and Youth
Belarus
January 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Canada
November 19, 2005 · Premiere · Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema
Germany
March 15, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Japan
February 4, 2006 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
December 24, 2004 · Theatrical
Kyrgyzstan
January 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
February 6, 2008 · Physical · DVD
November 5, 2016 · Premiere · Sputnik Russian Film Festival
South Korea
November 6, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
February 4, 2006 · Theatrical
Ukraine
January 6, 2005 · Theatrical
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