Finest, the Brave Falcon
movie

Released December 30, 1975
Overview
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.
Cast

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
Crew

Gennadi Vasilyev
as
Director

Aleksandr Rou
as
Writer

Lev Potyomkin
as
Writer
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Valeria Vasilyeva
as
Editor

Vladimir Shainskiy
as
Original Music Composer
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S. Esaulenko
as
Editor
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Nikolay Shestakov
as
Book

Vladimir Okunev
as
Director of Photography

Yuri Malinovsky
as
Director of Photography
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Sergey Serebrenikov
as
Production Design
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Boris Golev
as
Sound Director

Mikhail Nozhkin
as
Lyricist