Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975) on Netflix
PG19751h 20mAdventureFamilyFantasy
Finist, a plowman, drives invaders from Russia after a falcon warns him. The sorcerer Kartaus sends Kastryuk the werewolf, who turns him into a monster. His bride Alyonushka searches for him.
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Kartaus-Red Mustache, a sorcerer, leads the enemies who come for Russia. Their raids are driven back by Finist, a plowman with a falcon for a friend. Kartaus decides the defender has to go, so his henchman Kastryuk the werewolf lures Finist into a dungeon and enchants him into a monster. The spell holds until a fair maiden loves him in that shape. At the Russian outpost a voivode and his druzhina prepare to repel the raiders, and the voivode sends the city clerk Yashka to search for Finist. On the road the clerk meets Finist's bride Alyonushka, and they travel on together. They meet the peasant Agafon and his wife Anfisa, who stayed in the forest, and an old woman, Nenila, tells them that a wish made on a fern will be fulfilled that night.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Finest, the Brave Falcon (1975)
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- Alexander Rou, the famous fantasy film director, wrote the script for Finist, the Brave Falcon and intended to direct it himself, but died before production began. Gennadi Vasilyev finished the film, which is dedicated to Rou's memory.
