Dmitry DYACHENKO
Дмитрий ДЬЯЧЕНКО
Dmitri DIATCHENKO
Russia, 2024, 112mn 
fiction
Finist. Pervyy bogatyr
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Финист. Первый богатырь

 

 Finist. The First Hero

 Finist. Le premier héros

 
Directed by : Dmitry DYACHENKO (Дмитрий ДЬЯЧЕНКО)
Writing credits : Vasili KUTSENKO (Василий КУЦЕНКО), Anatoli MOLCANOV (Анатолий МОЛЧАНОВ), Vitali SHLIAPPO (Виталий ШЛЯППО)
 
Cast
Kirill ZAYTSEV (Кирилл ЗАЙЦЕВ) ...Finist
Yulia PERESILD (Юлия ПЕРЕСИЛЬД) ...Baba Yaga, young
Yelena YAKOVLEVA (Елена ЯКОВЛЕВА) ...Baba Yaga
Fyodor DOBRONRAVOV (Федор ДОБРОНРАВОВ)
Sergey LAVYGIN (Сергей ЛАВЫГИН)
 
Cinematography : Nikolay BOGACHEV (Николай БОГАЧЕВ)
Production design : Fyodor SAVYELEV (Федор САВЕЛЬЕВ)
Produced by : Eduard ILOYAN (Эдуард ИЛОЯН), Vitali SHLIAPPO (Виталий ШЛЯППО)
Companies : Telekanal «Rossiya 1»,START, Yellow, Black & White
Film revenue in Russia : 31.89205 million dollars
Spectators : 6 152 951
Release Date in Russia : 01/01/2025
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, imdb.com/title/tt24218164/

Plot synopsis
Finist is the most daring warrior of Belogorie. He is the strongest, the bravest and the most handsome one. All the other warriors look up to him, children want to be like him, and the most beautiful girls of Belogorie have a crush on him. He is proud and self-confident, and sometimes even refuses to help if he considers the task boring and dull. He just needs to remain the best so that people admire him forever. To surprise everyone, Finist sets off on a tough mission that will lead him to the mysterious Eastern lands. There he will understand the simple truth - one can't win without a team.
 

commentaries
Dmitrii Diachenko: Finist: The First Warrior (Finist: Pervyi Bogatyr’, 2025), Holly MYERS, Kinokultura, 2026
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2026
- Russian Film Festival in China, Beijing (China), 2025
- Festival du film russe à Djibouti, Djibouti (Djibouti), 2025

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