Finest, the Brave Falcon
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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.
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Cast
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Vyacheslav Voskresensky
Finist
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Svetlana Orlova
Alyonushka
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Mikhail Kononov
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Georgiy Vitsin
Agafon
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Mariya Barabanova
Nenila
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Veselushka
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Anna Stroganova
Veselushka
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Mark Pertsovskiy
Kartaus
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Gennadi Vasilyev Director · Aleksandr Rou Writer Lev Potyomkin Writer
Director
Gennadi Vasilyev
Writer
Aleksandr Rou
Writer
Lev Potyomkin
Author
Nikolay Shestakov
Composer
Vladimir Shainskiy
Cinematographer
Yuri Malinovsky
Cinematographer
Vladimir Okunev
Editor
Valeria Vasilyeva
Editor
S. Esaulenko
Production designer
Sergey Serebrenikov
Costume designer
Berta Kuratova
First release December 30, 1975 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Финист – Ясный сокол
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Финист – Ясный сокол
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 30, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 8, 1976 · Theatrical
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