Andriesh

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1954

Original language

Romanian

Spoken languages

Moldavian, Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Dovzhenko Film Studios,Moldova-Film

Cast

Giuli Chokhonelidze,Konstantin Russu,Nodar Shashigoglu,K. Stirbu,Eugeniu Ureche,Domnika Dariyenko,Trifan Gruzin,Lyudmila Sokolova,Robert Klyavin

Director

Yakov Bazelyan,Sergei Parajanov

Writer

Yemelian Bukov,S. Lyalin,Grigoriy Koltunov,Vadim Korostylyov,V. Angel,L. Chumakova

Producer

Naum Vaintrob

Cinematography

Suren Shakhbazyan,Vadim Vereshchak

Music

Ihor Shamo,G. Tirceu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0046713