Dedicated to the heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo (1380), who gave their lives for their friends.
"Rassvet" ("Dawn") Film Company
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate
"Izbor" Film Company
present a film by Stanislav Podivilov
Filmed with the blessing of Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus
Peresvet and Oslyabya
Yes...
Even this tiny insect wants to live...!
Don't kill me!
O Lord... forgive this damned soul...
Peresvet, they're looking for you everywhere.
Elder Sergius wants to see you.
Let's go, Oslyabya - I've delayed long enough.
Look! Who's that?
A messenger from His Highness, the Grand Duke.
Hold the sword firmly!
One wrong move, and you won't escape injury.
Easy there, Peresvet. He's only a young lad!
Oh dear, you're disgracing your uncle! What did I teach you?
But it's the fear in your eyes that condemns you to death.
It doesn't take much courage to duel a young lad;
Why don't you come and try it with me?
Wow, that was great!
Are all your lads in Bryansk like this?
He's not the only one! There - that's Oslyabya, who's also a renowned warrior!
Then give me Peresvet, that he may serve me.
Eeeh, my Duke, how... how...
You have many dogs, Duke. But few warriors.
Taxation is heavy this year -
I need a guard.
You will go with Murza.
Me?!
Let not a single hair from his head be severed!
And the taxes must be collected in full.
Otherwise, we'll burn down Moscow.
It's a good city... wealthy.
Hey, leave something for me!
The taxes are collected in full. I will no longer serve with the sword.
Let me go, my Duke. I'm going to join a monastery.
Go, then...
Bless me, Elder.
The Grand Duke is coming.
There will a battle without precedent.
I'll have to take the sword in my hand again...
Ah, you accursed metal...
I wanted to hide from you in the monastery...
Does evil lie in a knife?
We cut bread with it, but with the same knife, in a frenzy of wrath,
we spill human blood.
Evil springs from within the heart and it desecrates a man's soul.
Yes... the Lord said "Thou shalt not kill";
but He also said: "There is no greater love
than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Where does the truth lie?
When an enemy threatens you personally, you may endure it.
But when those close to us are threatened with death,
it is your duty to take up arms and protect them!
Give Mamai* his gold and silver *(Golden Horde warlord/regent (1335-80))
then God will see your humility and will not let them defeat us.
I have already done all this, Father.
but Mamai has set his army moving towards the Don river.
Then death awaits that prideful man,
whereas you, Duke, will have the Lord's help, mercy, and His glory.
Give me two warriors from your regiment:
Alexander Peresvet and his brother, Andrey Oslyabya
And you, Elder, will also "fight" with us.
As for Peresvet, I don't blame him for his impudence back then.
He was young, hot-tempered.
And we were too weak then to show our teeth.
You will defeat your foes!
This, my children, is your invincible weapon;
May it take the place of helmets and combat shields for you!
God be with you!
And where are you going?
We are also going to war!
My little falcons have grown up!
Now you will be the men of the house.
Give the farm shoes to the boys tomorrow.
Sure thing, sonny.
Look after yourselves!
Gee up! On you go, my dear!
Save them and protect them! - Let's go, quickly!
Leaving us behind?! - What are they thinking?!
Where are you going, you little devils?! Oh, no...
They ran off, barefoot.
Here, into the ditch!
Why don't we cross the river today?
Yeah right, and if they see us? Tomorrow they'll have other concerns.
All right. Go to sleep, then.
Eh... I wonder how our boys are doing?
Into Thy hands, Lord, I entrust my spirit.
O, Lord... You are with us!
During the battle, go wherever you judge is necessary.
Right, God be with you.
The truth and power of God is in you.
Put your men into an ambushing regiment.
The main thing is that you don't rush!
Very well, Duke.
Let us see...
whose side the gods will take...
So this is the whole Russian army?
???
Cowards!
Battle me!
Shall we exchange, brother? I need your spear.
How will you manage to withstand such strength without a sword?!
Strength does not lie in the sword, but in God's truth.
Forgive this sinner!
May the Lord forgive you...
Lord, give strength to my brothers.
We hold dominion!
Death!
Receive, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, Alexander.
Ah... but think of how many lives he saved from that barbarian.
"Have mercy on me, o Lord, according to Thy great mercy, and with Thy countless compassion, erase my wrongdoing...
and also wash me of my iniquity and cleanse me of my sin;
for I am aware of my iniquity, and my sin stands before me forever..."
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit... Amen.
To battle!
It's time!
Ah! We overslept. We overslept!
Ah? Where? Who?
Phew... never mind. We'll be in time!
"We'll be in time..."
I told you that we should have crossed the water yesterday.
Hold on, my dear.
So, what colour shield will you have?
I won't need a shield... I'll need a sword!
And where are you going to find one?
I'll find one... or take it from someone!
It's my fate to drink from the same bitter cup as everyone else.
They must see the Duke.
What were you thinking, going alone?!
Cover your back...
Duke...
It is time, Bobrok!
It's still too soon.
We will destroy all our cavalry in vain.
The Duke's banner has already fallen!
But Mamai's troops are still full of vigour.
I can't stand watching our men just melt away!
Let them burn through their reserves first.
At last, we're here!
There, look!
Do you think he's dead?
Who can tell?
Oomph... heavy!
- I guess they're wounded? - I don't know.
A-aah! Hey, Andrey! What are you doing? Come on, let's go!
He's alive. Oh, he'll be burnt alive!
Aren't you going to fight? Andrey!
Move it. Move it!
Mommy!
What happened?
Hold on, Andrey!
Oh, dear God!
Martha! Martha! Bring water! We have another one!
I'm coming!
Oh, Andrey, look! That looks like our boat!
Be brave, dear man, be brave.
Come quickly! Martha!
Vasya! My dear Vasya! You're alive!
- Daddy!... - Mom...
Hey, where are you running off to?
Don't disgrace your mothers!
Yeah? Not even half of our regiment is left.
From my regiment, I am the only one left ...
For Russia!
Well, now our time has come at last...
- God is with us! - God is with us!
For Russia!
Hurra-a-ah!
For Russia!
Hey... look!...
He ran off!
We found him! The Duke is alive!
Where's Mamai?
Mamai turned and fled. We won, Duke!
We defeated them all!
We're free...
Glory to Thee, o Lord.
It's time.
Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate
producers Stanislav Podivilov, Boruslav Budnitskiy
director & art director Stanislav Podivilov
screenwriter Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko
composer Vladimir Dovgan
voice actors Yuriy Tuzov, Farit Halyapov, Sergey Kotarev,
Vladimir Dovzhik, Marina Fesenko, Pavel Anohin,
Natalya Laryunina, Igor Kalagin, Daniil Kalagin, Lev Grishin,
deacon Oleg Kovalyov, Tatyana Polyanskaya, Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko,
Aleksey Yevdokimov, Denis Vakulenko, Stanislav Podivilov
animators Olesya Kreps, Lyudmila Malahova, Aleksey Podkolzin,
Pavel Florov, Aleksey Shtyhin, Vasiliy Shevchenko, Darya Matreshina,
Mihail Fyodorov, Pyotr Dmitriyev, Stanislav Podivilov, Vadim Miheyev,
Vlad Bayramgulov, Marat Bedretdinov, Ildar Rahimov, Yekaterina Shabanova
drawing and coloring Irina Belozerova, Sergey Braterskiy, Nikolay Bolotnov, Irina Bogocheva, Margarita Bogdanovskaya,
Natalya Bocharova, Natalya Vasilyeva, Natalya Volodina, Aleksey Borontsov, Yevgeniya Dryzhenko, Oksana Dymovich,
Tatyana Yefremova, Mariya Zheltova, Yuliya Zhukova, Svetlana Kazikova, Anastasiya Katerinich, Aleksandra Knekalo,
Yekaterina Kuralesina, Yevgeniya Klyuchnikova, Mariya Konyuhova,
Anton Koldyushov, Olga Kolosova, Svetlana Krivenkina, Tatyana Larina,
Olga Leneshkina, Darya Lomakina, Irina Lyarskaya, Lyudmila Malahova,
Irina Manzhos, Tatyana Markushina, Maksim Matviyenko, Irina Mitina,
Vasilina Morozova, Yuliya Myasnikova, Loy Olennik, Olga Omarova Volkova,
Mariya Pokormik, Larisa Razguliyeva, Viktoriya Savenko, Artur Sosa Sanches,
Zoya Sokolova, Alina Sudarnikova, Tatyana Titova, Irina Tkachenko, Sergey Holchev,
Natalya Uspenskaya, Nina Shchetinina, Anatoliy Shinalev, Stanislav Podivilov
filling textures Anatoliy Podivilov, Nadezhda Butorina, Tatyana Titova,
Yekaterina Ponkratova, Yekaterina Potyomkina, Natalya Naytmak,
Polina Anohina, Sergey Yefimov, Svetlana Anohina, Sergey Zukakin,
Tatyana Skida, Anna Androsova, Antonina Kadyrova, Marina Veyze,
Saltanat Duysenbayeva, Tatyana Lenina, Stanislav Podivilov
light-effects Irina Aleksandrova, Nadezhda Butorina, Lyudmila Yevdokimova,
Mariya Krotova, Yekaterina Ponkratova, Marina Beyze, Stanislav Podivilov
backgrounds Irina Aleksandrova, Lyudmila Yevdokimova, Anna Podivilova
assistants Olga Botina, Natalya Vasilyeva, Olga Koryakina, Anna Podivilova
scene assembly Stanislav Podivilov
scanning & clean-up Lyudmila Antonova, Irina Kozhevnikova,
Murat Omarov-Volkov, Natalya Ryzhkova, Mariya Shabanova
re-recording sound engineer Denis Vakulenko
sound engineer Stanislav Podivilov
technical support Yuriy Nazarov, Sergey Zubakin
animation group director Sergey Antonov
music recording Vasiliy Dovgan
production director Ivan Zemzkov
other administrators Marina Sadovnikova, Aleksey Sadovnikov, Stanislav Podivilov, Nikolay Smetanin
Created with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
(c) Izbor, Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate, Rassvet (2010)
Subs by Chapaev & Eus (2019.07), pankrestos (2023.11), Niffiwan (2026.08) Animatsiya.net