Movie

Andriesh (1954)

• January 1, 1954
• 1h 3m

• Fantasy
• Family

Overview

The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them. On the way, he receives a magical flute as a gift, which helps him find his way to the wizard's castle — and comes to the aid of Black Whirlwind's numerous victims, who have long suffered from the tyrant's misdeeds. Based on a Moldovan fairy tale by Emilian Bukov.

Directors

Sergei Parajanov, Yakov Bazelyan

Writers

Yemelian Bukov, S. Lyalin, Grigoriy Koltunov

Starring

Giuli Chokhonelidze, Konstantin Russu, Nodar Shashigoglu