"with support from Russia's Federal Agency of Culture and Cinema" "Melnitsa Animation Studio and STV Movie Company present" "Do it." "It's so easy!" " But I've never tried it." " I'll teach you right now!" "Make your lips into a circle." "you can close them." "To not be distracted..." " See!" "And you were scared." " I wasn't scared!" "I'm not scared of anything!" "agreed?" " Agreed?" " Agreed!" "What?" "!" " Agreed." "Only..." " What?" " Let's test our feelings some more." " What for?" "What's there to test?" "I'll go to the end of the world for you!" "In words you are all heroes." "Prove it with your actions!" "this crosses the line!" "The girl's gone mad." "That's it!" "This guy must be sent to far off lands." "And Zabava must be married off!" "Immediately!" "Glory to Russian heroes for their warrior service." "And eternal gratitude to them from the people. no beast can slip unnoticed." "Messenger from Knyaz!" "A letter from Knyaz!" "I said a letter from Knyaz." "Warrior!" "Who are you?" "Message from Knyaz." "Why did you not wake me up right away then?" "State affairs require your immediate assistance." "Khan of Crimea." "your Knyaz." "Sorry for the spoiled weekend." "let him help you." "though not that long..." "There lived in Russia a great warrior." "He was handsome and tall." "Learned in grammar of all sorts." "Courageous he was in battle and jolly at a banquet." "His enemies would tremble at the sound of his glorious name..." "Dobrynya Nikitich!" "DOBRYNYA NIKITICH AND DRAGON GORYNYCH" "Zabava!" "Zabavushka!" "uncle!" "I've been thinking here..." "It's time for you to get married." " To whom?" " Plenty of good candidates." "Take a look." "Here's one." "Quite a good candidate!" "Good looking." "All dressed in gold!" "Wealthy!" "What good looks?" "He is cross-eyed!" "Cross-eyed?" "Where?" "he's not cross-eyed at all." "actually!" "And this one looks so important!" "A foreigner." "Wealthy too!" "Too thin!" "Too fat!" "This one looks stupid!" "This one's out of question!" "This one's really old and his nose is like a potato!" "uncle." "It's alright." "Look and choose." "Don't take too long." "That's an order from your parent." "That's all!" "that picture of me just came out badly." "Right there we'll spend the night." "In the morning we'll seize the fortress." "Seize a fortress?" "Wow!" "I thought... messenger..." " I'm Elisei. do what I tell you to be silent while doing it." " Am I clear enough?" " Yes." "Dobrynya..." "There's this one girl who thinks that I cannot become a hero." "yes!" "You'll show me a couple of your hero moves." "Heroic words I know myself already." "for example... on the land of mother Russia!" "Never will you burn Russian towns!" "Or here's another one... of your dark powers or else..." "Are you nuts or what?" "why?" "I even thought of a heroic name for myself." "Elisei the Mighty!" "this is how it's gonna be..." "I don't take just anybody into my apprenticeship." "What if I'm not "just anybody"?" " Anybody who?" " You said "not just anybody"... messenger..." "Chatter less and listen more." "Maybe then you'll learn something." "You won't ever burn or ransack Russian cities!" "of your dark powers!" "Your dark powers or else I'll..." "There lived in those days one well-known merchant son of Berendey." "he was a difficult man." "Either spoiled by his wealth or by something else..." "But a lot of harm came from him that good people witnessed. when it came to different games." "77 - axes" "22 - geese great Knyaz!" "I'm gonna play three cards!" "No-no-no!" "We're already finished." "thank you all." "The date of the next meeting will be announced later." "Well okay." "Knyaz." "Don't want to spoil my appetite before dinner." "And you don't want to win back what you've lost?" "like that's ever possible with you..." "One or two?" "maybe just one." "messenger!" "Elisei!" "That Elisei the Mighty." "great Khan!" "What happened?" " Russians are coming for the tribute!" " That is bad." "Let us prepare for a siege." " How many of them?" " One." "One?" " Dobrynya!" " Dobrynya!" "guards..." "Are you asleep over there?" "Dobrynya!" "Open up!" "They never open up." "Alright..." "Since they don't want to do this the nice way..." "Dobrynya Nikitich!" "I was told there's someone at the door knocking..." "Knock-knock and that's you!" "what are you here for?" "I came to remind you about your debt." "you'll have to wait." "Times are tough for everyone." "but still have no wife to look after the house." "I've decided to marry." "That is right." "A man without a wife is like a tree without a caterpillar!" "then give me your niece in marriage." "Zabava?" "!" "A girl of noble birth?" "!" "To you?" "Knyaz." "Here is what I think:" "and I will forget about your debt." "You want me to sell Zabava like an object?" "what's my debt now?" "000... quite a large debt!" "And the treasury is empty!" "seriously!" " But will Zabava agree to it?" " Why ask her at all?" "Make her do it." "Against her will!" "My own flesh and blood!" "000!" "You are right there..." "And also I have a plan..." "Dobrynya Nikitich." "a khan paying tribute to a Russian knyaz - that's unheard of!" "All my neighbors are laughing at me!" "Yes... one more thing!" "Dobrynya?" "I've lost a messenger." "A young boy named Elisei." "by any chance?" "Am I clear enough?" "so that was your messenger?" "Why didn't you tell us right away?" "he's a spy or something." "who sent you?" "said nothing! he'd have been our welcome guest!" "Dobrynya!" "Goodbye! the Russian hero headed for the capital city of Kiev." "my..." "What disaster!" "How do I pay out my debt to Kolyvan now?" "!" "court noblemen!" "my dear friend!" "such grief!" "My dear Zabava Putyatishna has been kidnapped!" " Got the tribute?" " Got it alright." "That blasted viper stole from me my darling niece!" "Knyaz!" "What viper is that?" "Gorynych the Dragon - that cursed evil-doer!" "Knyaz!" "Why Gorynych?" "Why do you think it's him?" "This is why!" "Here is the ring of the evil-doer!" "See the size?" "!" "in his evil fangs!" "Whoever kills the Dragon and rescues my niece from his claws will become her husband!" "let me settle this with Gorynych myself." "get out of here!" "you stay." "You must be tired of service." "dear friend." "I'm giving you a week off." "But how?" "!" "Shall we leave Zabava in trouble?" "don't you worry." "I can't risk the health and lives of my most loyal servants!" "Go get some rest." "And leave your horse at my stable." "It must be tired as well... but on the other..." "Something is fishy here!" " That Dragon!" " Only for the better... you can't always be the one to fight enemies!" "Work is all you ever think about." "Who will take care of me?" "when my husband is alive!" "I need to think." "Of course!" "You don't ever think about your wife." "The fact that she will have to wear the same old fur coat this year you care nothing about!" " Why?" "I do care!" " Very funny!" "He cares!" "About what?" " Message from Knyaz!" " What happened?" "We have been... attacked." " By whom?" " Evil forces." "dear." "Duty calls." "that was clever." "Didn't even understand at first." "Well done!" "Dobrynya!" "don't you?" " Why would you say that?" " I overheard you talking." "Take me with you!" "get this straight" " I work alone." "And I don't need any partners!" "Am I clear enough?" "very clear." "Dobrynya!" "I told you no!" "Goodbye now." "What about an apprentice?" "remember?" "Nope." "I'll take you as my apprentice right away." Remember?" "Remember what?" "What if I'm not just anybody?" And you said..." "That's enough." "Can you get us horses?" "and you'll become laughingstock." "Dobrynya." "I told you that." "And this one doesn't even need any food at all. and along that winding road two valiant heroes were riding. only what could be better on a dangerous journey than having a true and reliable friend at your side." "Zabava Putyatishna!" "Come marry the one who has rescued you!" "Would you like a cookie?" "Kolyvan?" "What cookies!" "Let me out of here!" "Why don't you like it here?" "Tomorrow we will have the wedding." "What?" "What wedding?" "Never!" "Hear that?" "I love another!" "What does love have to do with it?" "It's all by the rules." "I've rescued you... you have to marry me." "Come over here!" "you rotten old fool!" "I was only kidding... you see." "What are you staring at?" "Saddle the horses!" "Fast!" "I'm going to Kudykina Hill." "Did you say that he doesn't need any food?" "why did you make me take you along?" " For fun?" "(rus. - "zabava")" " So you know everything?" "I want to marry her." "You young people are only after fun and games!" "Marry who?" " Zabava." " Now I see!" "but marriage into royalty that you were after all along?" "you've got it all wrong. only she wanted me to prove myself first." "what am I to do with him?" "It can't be!" "I heard that Elisei went to find Dragon Gorynych and to rescue Zabava." "girls!" "Now that is true love!" "Wish I could find that someday!" "prince... and one more - who is he?" "A daring messenger boy!" "girls!" "Now that is true love!" "yeah?" "A hero?" "How will he do it?" "Maybe he can't do it alone." "But people say that they saw Dobrynya going with him." "What?" "!" "Knyaz." "Go as fast as you can." "Got it?" "everything matters... and above all is a strong spirit of mind!" "Yeah... have you ever seen Gorynych the Dragon?" "I have of course... then everything is over for you." " Am I clear enough?" " Yes..." " Is he scary?" " Who?" " The Dragon!" " You'll see for yourself right now." "We'll wait for him here." "you know what I think..." " Push-ups right now!" " But this was about something else..." "How many times?" "warrior?" "!" "Got you!" "You three-headed beast!" "Dobrynya!" "Long time no see!" "Gorynych!" "My friend!" "he's with me." "what can you teach him?" "That is the ugliest horse I have ever seen!" "but that's a camel." "Gorynych?" "enduring and doesn't need food." "My apprentice found him." "don't be afraid." "This is an old friend of mine." "will you invite us to your house or we're gonna just keep standing here?" "dear guests!" "what's all this you put up here?" "it's the locals." " They're trying to catch us." "Did you hear that the Knyaz's niece been kidnapped?" "You don't say!" "And you were sent to find her?" "almost." "I'd show him!" "Dobrynya?" "Are you suspecting someone?" "Gorynych..." "That is the problem that we do!" "we..." " Lost it." "and it was very long ago." "that ring is not even his!" "I told you!" "My friend can't turn out to be... a thief." "Where did you lose it?" "I don't remember." "It was very long ago." "messenger." "Among my friends there are no traitors." "I trust Gorynych completely." "Gorynych?" "right now as I'm talking to you..." "I am shivering all over from a cold." "We'll help you get well..." "Tomorrow we have to go look for Zabava." "Will you help us?" "wow!" "Will we fly on Gorynych?" "in your dreams!" "Gorynych can't fly." "but he himself... let's go to sleep." "and the task tomorrow is not easy." "We may need our warrior strength." "Gorynych?" " Yeah." "brother?" " The night sleep." " Brother..." " And deeper sleep means more strength." "Where are you taking me?" "cabin on chicken legs... turn your back to the forest and your front to me." "What's this?" "Who do you take me for?" "Do it the normal way!" " Kolyvan!" " Want to get rid of your debt?" "Of course!" "One or two?" "wait." "You need to bewitch her." "000." "Right?" "have a cookie." " I don't want to spoil my appetite before dinner." "Your loss then." "then I will forget about your debt." "Half of it." "and you're saying to me "only half"..." "It's a deal then." "how shameful this is!" "I lied to a friend!" " Let's ride on the camel!" "Will be way faster!" " Why not?" "Good idea!" "Remember what he said?" ""My friend can't turn out to be a thief... let's just tell the truth to Dobrynya." "Kolyvan deceived us!" "Knyaz himself approved the plan." " Must've been lying!" "Maybe we really should go tell Dobrynya?" "he is fast asleep with his warrior's sleep." "you know it!" "just in case..." " And by morning we'll already be right back!" " With Zabava!" "wake up!" "Hello!" "Gorynych?" "!" "Where are you going?" "Stop!" "Dobrynya!" "Dobrynya!" "Gorynych just ran away!" "he stole Zabava!" "Wake up!" "She's with Kolyvan!" "Wake up!" "the helmet..." "Where's the helmet?" "Here it is!" " Going well!" " Strictly on course!" "Look!" "I think I just saw Kolyvan's village!" "what a wonder-horse!" " And you don't even have to feed it!" "I only hope this ends okay." "Master is away." "He left." "And where did he go?" "To Kudykina Hill." "We're not gonna make it in time!" "A wonder-horse that we don't have to feed!" "but drinks like a horse." "you're getting on my nerves!" "Russia is full of wonders!" "but couldn't." "And then I thought..." "Elisei... and you are either gone or in danger." "you just... you don't know anything!" "And Elisei told Dobrynya the whole sad truth." "had kidnapped Zabava!" "sorrow for his broken friendship." "His eyes!" "I need his eyes!" "You want to tear out his eyes?" "I want to look into them." "that's different." "you wonder-bird!" "There'll be hell to pay!" "and then pull the petals!" " One..." " Take that!" "what is this?" "And here is..." "Aha!" "That's Elisei!" "He has come for me!" "I'm here!" "open up the cellar!" "that's only mail delivery!" "Give me that!" "Don't you see the letter has Knyaz's seal?" "I don't need it anyways." "Bad news!" "Look..." "Knyaz." "Oh!" "What shall we do?" "!" "We have to let Zabava go." "000 for her!" "I will forgive you your entire debt!" "I'd cover you from the back." "we have to catch Kolyvan first." "You're right." "Know what I'm worrying about?" "What if she likes Kolyvan?" "high life... temptations..." "Do you think that's possible?" " Do you remember what I told you about the spirit of the mind?" " Yeah." "So work on that!" "And get all kinds of nonsense out of your head." " But how do I do it?" " Don't know what to do?" " Go down and give me push-ups." " Again?" "but over and over." "Ten times!" " But..." " Twenty!" "Once we get back I'll assign you to my military detachment." "They'll teach you everything there." "juniors sort out the mess." " Clean the arms..." " Not only that." "There are many important tasks." "but I think you are being too harsh." "What?" "!" "I mean to Gorynych." "warrior!" "Kolyvan!" "Give me Zabava!" "You cheat!" "beastly thing?" "!" "We had an agreement!" " Agreement?" "!" "You tricked us!" " You won't get away with it!" "Give her back or we'll burn you down!" "What?" "!" "And now the humpback too..." "I said the humpback too!" "you scoundrel!" "Hey there!" "Zabava!" "I'm so glad to see you!" "I was just going to explain everything!" "my niece!" "I can never be forgiven for this!" "how was that?" "but due to the binding liabilities... now go away." "Quite an adviser you are." "Shoo!" "he doesn't like that..." "I can deal with it myself!" "What if I pronounce a veto?" "I am the Knyaz." "I can pronounce a veto on anything I want!" "Right?" "destroy him!" "Kolyvan!" "Don't rush me!" "Otherwise I can do something wrong." "I'm going to..." " What?" " Send them sickness." "Really bad sickness!" "take the hero's health away!" "let him now be taken ill!" "tell me more lies." " Why!" "I'm not lying!" "Oh yeah?" "You kidnapped me!" " Why should I believe you?" " We're trying to explain here... Do you want to work off your debt?" "And who doesn't?" "help me to impress the girl." "I love her desperately!" And so we..." "He said it like that?" "Yes." "And he said if I didn't help him in this matter... in all seriousness." "No." "No one is better than my Elisei in the whole entire world." "did you marry for love?" "Of course I did." "Nastasia makes fuss just to make fuss... always does what I say." "Do you and her quarrel a lot?" "Elisei... not to wag tongues around." "Continue the work out!" "forty six..." " What about Gorynych?" " What about him?" "He lied to me." "how long should we wait?" "Hold your horses!" "The terrible virus has to penetrate deeper into him." " That will be the end of him." " What?" "He has the Russian spirit in him!" "The virus needs time!" "What kind of mosquitoes are these?" "They try to sneak into the mouth all the time!" "What if he did not want to lie to you?" "Fifty two..." "What if he became ashamed and he felt..." "Oops!" "I'll be right back." "Why does he think that we quarrel?" "We live in perfect harmony with each other." "And don't ask stupid questions!" "but still..." "Oops!" " Why are they stupid?" " Because!" "you'll understand these things yourself." "eat something." "Feuf..." "Much better..." "So... and tomorrow we will go find Zabava." "And Gorynych too." "Know what I think?" "get this straight." "at my side." "Am I clear enough?" "Bad work!" "The warrior is perfectly healthy!" "And he cured the other guy too!" "diseases won't get him." "Oh that damn Russian spirit!" "writing off debts is not enough." " Also need a new residence!" " What?" "You want a country house outside Kiev?" "Cookies from abroad?" "You should get what you deserve for your make-shift quackery!" "don't overreact!" "I'm a witch in the sixth generation!" "I'll show you... sixth generation!" " Khan Beket!" " Oh you gave us quite a fright!" "I'm so glad to see you!" "Me too." "Have you come to pay your debt?" "Kolyvan the Wisest..." " I have a force majeure now." " So go and borrow from him." "I'm appealing to your wisdom!" "I've had it up to here with you all!" "With your wisdom..." "Got it?" "I do have some good news for you." " I'm all ears!" " You can work off your debt." " How?" "show me." "Oh!" "This is the shaitan warrior himself! then I'll forget all your debts!" "half of it." " A-a..." "I've had enough of him myself!" "But what if he wakes up?" "This warrior has one weak spot!" "There is no way to wake him up till the day breaks!" "you can make it before sunrise." "there you are finally!" "And where is Gorynych?" "stupid animal!" "Stop!" "it was a glorious battle!" "so I took him to my place." "That was how we met." "you'd be just like my Elisei!" "ha?" "Again... can you believe that?" "Dobrynya! and you keep running away!" "pit-a-pat and that is you!" "wanted to set us against each other!" "but couldn't remember him!" "Sclerosis!" "Dobrynya!" "Where did you say you met Kolyvan?" "Kolyvan is here!" "just a half-day ride from here." "At a swamp by Kudykina Hill." "I could bet it!" "See that!" " Er... mm..." " What's with the mumbling?" " Am I getting my country house outside Kiev?" " You w-w-will!" " Yes!" "the dark army..." "Here it is!" "and all is lost!" " We have to run away!" " Run away?" "How?" " Which one of us has three heads?" " W-we do." "and we are free!" "we can fly." "we're not that great at flying." "a hero." " What are you up to down here?" " Run!" "Freedom!" "what shall we do?" "!" "he flew!" "That's what a clean environment can do for you!" "And I was thinking of moving!" "This spot must be worth two country houses!" "Kolyvan?" "right now!" "Elisei!" "Zabava?" "where is your dark army?" "Elisei!" "Dobrynya Nikitich!" "Hurry!" "Gorynych is drowning in the swamp!" "to me come!" "A wise word is immortal. but nothing can destroy strong friendship." "With a kind word and a nice deed one friend points to another at the mistake." "long time." "And nothing is more heartwarming than a friendly argument remembering what is in the past and looking to the future." "Dobrynya!" "Dob-ry-nya-a!" "Elisei!" "Where are you turning?" "Take left!" "yeah?" "Here try this yourself!" "you've lost it now!" "O-o-oh!" "To hell with that country house." "My place here is great!" "I'll continue keeping the environment clean here." "what shall we do with him?" "come on..." "Gorynych?" "I like the cutting-off-head idea." "I suggest that we vote." "After an ancient Russian custom." "You have no vote." "please." " Do we need to sign?" " No." "forgive and let him go"." "Cut off his head." "Who drew the gallows?" "Ok then..." "Stop you bastard!" "he won't." "Forget him!" "Without his notes he is nobody." " Now you!" " What?" "Promise me that you will never gamble again." " Even with you?" " Even with me." " I swear!" " Or else plague on me!" "Having defeated the dark army and having freed the beautiful damsel." "The good friends started to prepare for the trip back home." "may there be peace and love between you!" "I'll be discreet and won't ask for an invitation to the wedding." "I understand." "friend!" " So long!" "play lotto or something." "go fishing." " So long!" " Consider me your friend from now on!" "My apologies!" "And give my regards to Knyaz!" "Gorynych!" " Don't say anything." " I hate prolonged goodbyes." "A-a-a-a!" "We're flying!" "We're flying!" "how did you meet him?" " That was a funny story." " Funny?" "he was stealing carrots from vegetable gardens by the town of Chernigov. so I bought him out." " Zabavushka!" " Uncle!" "Oh my child!" "the evil Kolyvan had kidnapped me!" " What a scoundrel!" "And he lied to me that you actually gave me to him!" "What a rascal!" "Cheat!" "Off with his head!" "my hero!" "Thank you for consoling the distraught parent and returning the precious niece!" "Ask anything of me! only I could not have managed on my own here." "he helped me with everything!" "allow me to marry my savior!" "Who?" "A messenger boy?" "!" "my child." "but to marry a messenger boy?" "and let him ride off in peace!" "Eh?" "then I am never getting married at all!" "Knyaz?" "the lad has some property." "as you can see." "Let it be so then." "I will be true to my royal word!" "ride out and proclaim the happy news everywhere: and everyone is invited to a great feast!" "what is it?" "I'd like a fur coat for a woman." " Size forty six." " Done! while all the evil enemies were green with envy!" "wishing them good health and happiness." "And I was there." "I drank honey and beer there." "but missed my mouth!" "DOBRYNYA NIKITICH AND DRAGON GORYNYCH don't you dare!" "Do you hear me!" "you'll come back and find that I have moved back to my mom's!" "dear." "Duty calls!" "Director ILIYA MAKSIMOV"