"Rassvet" (Dawn) Film Company
The Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
present a film by Stanislav Podivilov
screenwriters Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko, Stanislav Podivilov
Blessed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexius II
Hard times had fallen upon Russia.
The tranquility of life was increasingly violated by the raids of the Horde.
The towns and villages would not be done rebuilding after yet another raid
before the next followed and again people were killed and houses set ablaze.
There was nobody to harvest the sown grain, nor sometimes even to sow it.
Your Cross
They burned everything down again, damn them!
It hasn't even been a month!
Dad! Come to dinner!
Protect your mother! Giddy up!!
Lord! Why?
I don't have the strength to endure any more!
I cannot!
Every year, it's nothing but devastation!
We'll die of hunger! I'm afraid of my own shadow!
I cannot bear this cross any longer!
It is too heavy, Lord!
Lord...
give me another that is lighter!
Grieve not.
The Lord has heard your prayer!
- Lord! - Come with me!
Choose yourself a new cross.
Lord! How many of them there are...
A sword?
I think it's the Prince's! And it does not seem so heavy!
Why don't I try it? Am I any worse than the Prince?
No sowing, no plowing...
Brothers! God has condemned you to receive such a death.
You laid down your lives for the Russian land
and the Orthodox faith.
Pray that I may be with the Lord by your side,
for I am sure that the Lord will listen to you!
Lord, show Thy mercy to Thy servant!
No, I cannot bear it! How could I aim so high?
It's so quiet. Peaceful.
Praying is something I can do! What else could be needed here?
Drink the wine!
Who are you bowing to?!
Who are you praying to for so many years?!
Bow down to me! Me!
I bow to the Lord God and serve Him alone.
Yes, you are a great ascetic.
Bow down to me!
And the whole world will fall at your feet!
You will be on equal terms with great lords.
You will destroy evil!
News of your renown will travel the world!
You will be given gifts and worshipped!
And no one will doubt the righteousness of your deeds!
Let God arise, and scattered be His enemies!
And let those who hate Him flee from His presence!
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! Amen!
Lord, have mercy!
How simple! Simple and light...
Lord! Let this be my cross!
So be it.
- Hand it over, it's our ship! - No, I won't!
Dad!
A little more...
He's alive!
Hey, he's here!
- Pull, pull, pull, pull! - He's alive!
Thank goodness!
- Lord! - Know this: the cross you've chosen
is your very own, former cross.
Thy will be done, o Lord!
Dad!
producer Borislav Budnitskiy
The music of Vyacheslav Odahovskiy is used in the film
art director & animator Stanislav Podivilov
assistant directors Anatoliy Podivilov, Anna Podivilova
backgrounds Anatoliy Podivilov, Stanislav Podivilov, Anna Podivilova, Yekaterina Ponkratova
artist Yekaterina Potyomkina
voice actors A. Bystritskiy, Rudolf Pankov, A. Plutser-Sarno, R. Huskivadze, V. Dovzhik, V. Smetanin,
P. Anohin, N. Smetanin, K. Nemirovich-Danchenko, A. Podivilova, S. & A. Podivilov
production director Aleksandr Zaytsev, deputy prod. dir. I. Zemskov
digital sound montage Denis Vakulenko, digital sound recording Central Production International Group
The film was fully funded by the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
The End Subs by nfdfneq & Eus (2014.02), revised by Niffiwan (2026.08) Animatsiya.net