1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:09,040 Dedicated to the heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo (1380), who gave their lives for their friends. 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,560 "Rassvet" ("Dawn") Film Company 3 00:00:15,820 --> 00:00:19,560 The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,380 Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate 5 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:30,680 "Izbor" Film Company 6 00:00:32,380 --> 00:00:36,400 present a film by Stanislav Podivilov 7 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:42,510 Filmed with the blessing of Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus 8 00:00:43,980 --> 00:00:52,440 Peresvet and Oslyabya 9 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:31,140 Yes... 10 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,360 Even this tiny insect wants to live...! 11 00:01:59,380 --> 00:02:01,530 Don't kill me! 12 00:02:09,340 --> 00:02:13,750 O Lord... forgive this damned soul... 13 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,840 Peresvet, they're looking for you everywhere. 14 00:02:22,940 --> 00:02:26,140 Elder Sergius wants to see you. 15 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,500 Let's go, Oslyabya - I've delayed long enough. 16 00:02:32,180 --> 00:02:33,660 Look! Who's that? 17 00:02:33,661 --> 00:02:36,961 A messenger from His Highness, the Grand Duke. 18 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:47,200 Hold the sword firmly! 19 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,100 One wrong move, and you won't escape injury. 20 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,740 Easy there, Peresvet. He's only a young lad! 21 00:02:59,060 --> 00:03:02,340 Oh dear, you're disgracing your uncle! What did I teach you? 22 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:07,860 But it's the fear in your eyes that condemns you to death. 23 00:03:08,140 --> 00:03:11,280 It doesn't take much courage to duel a young lad; 24 00:03:11,381 --> 00:03:14,131 Why don't you come and try it with me? 25 00:03:17,660 --> 00:03:19,840 Wow, that was great! 26 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:25,740 Are all your lads in Bryansk like this? 27 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,200 He's not the only one! There - that's Oslyabya, who's also a renowned warrior! 28 00:03:30,540 --> 00:03:33,620 Then give me Peresvet, that he may serve me. 29 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:36,620 Eeeh, my Duke, how... how... 30 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:57,060 You have many dogs, Duke. But few warriors. 31 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:03,880 Taxation is heavy this year - 32 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,260 I need a guard. 33 00:04:07,361 --> 00:04:08,961 You will go with Murza. 34 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:09,930 Me?! 35 00:04:10,030 --> 00:04:12,560 Let not a single hair from his head be severed! 36 00:04:12,661 --> 00:04:15,461 And the taxes must be collected in full. 37 00:04:15,530 --> 00:04:18,860 Otherwise, we'll burn down Moscow. 38 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:25,680 It's a good city... wealthy. 39 00:04:38,350 --> 00:04:40,640 Hey, leave something for me! 40 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,860 The taxes are collected in full. I will no longer serve with the sword. 41 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,220 Let me go, my Duke. I'm going to join a monastery. 42 00:05:13,940 --> 00:05:15,280 Go, then... 43 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:23,460 Bless me, Elder. 44 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:27,960 The Grand Duke is coming. 45 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:32,861 There will a battle without precedent. 46 00:05:33,260 --> 00:05:35,580 I'll have to take the sword in my hand again... 47 00:05:35,781 --> 00:05:39,581 Ah, you accursed metal... 48 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,160 I wanted to hide from you in the monastery... 49 00:05:48,780 --> 00:05:50,590 Does evil lie in a knife? 50 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:56,240 We cut bread with it, but with the same knife, in a frenzy of wrath, 51 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,240 we spill human blood. 52 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:05,440 Evil springs from within the heart and it desecrates a man's soul. 53 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:12,940 Yes... the Lord said "Thou shalt not kill"; 54 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,620 but He also said: "There is no greater love 55 00:06:16,721 --> 00:06:21,821 than to lay down one's life for one's friends." 56 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,600 Where does the truth lie? 57 00:06:25,530 --> 00:06:31,140 When an enemy threatens you personally, you may endure it. 58 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:35,080 But when those close to us are threatened with death, 59 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:40,420 it is your duty to take up arms and protect them! 60 00:06:54,940 --> 00:06:58,640 Give Mamai* his gold and silver *(Golden Horde warlord/regent (1335-80)) 61 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,240 then God will see your humility and will not let them defeat us. 62 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:06,780 I have already done all this, Father. 63 00:07:06,781 --> 00:07:10,481 but Mamai has set his army moving towards the Don river. 64 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:13,500 Then death awaits that prideful man, 65 00:07:13,601 --> 00:07:18,901 whereas you, Duke, will have the Lord's help, mercy, and His glory. 66 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:22,060 Give me two warriors from your regiment: 67 00:07:22,061 --> 00:07:25,361 Alexander Peresvet and his brother, Andrey Oslyabya 68 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:28,780 And you, Elder, will also "fight" with us. 69 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,220 As for Peresvet, I don't blame him for his impudence back then. 70 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,420 He was young, hot-tempered. 71 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:39,521 And we were too weak then to show our teeth. 72 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:47,540 You will defeat your foes! 73 00:07:49,540 --> 00:07:53,770 This, my children, is your invincible weapon; 74 00:07:54,100 --> 00:08:00,660 May it take the place of helmets and combat shields for you! 75 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:06,360 God be with you! 76 00:08:45,410 --> 00:08:47,220 And where are you going? 77 00:08:48,471 --> 00:08:50,521 We are also going to war! 78 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:54,060 My little falcons have grown up! 79 00:08:54,161 --> 00:08:56,961 Now you will be the men of the house. 80 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:59,780 Give the farm shoes to the boys tomorrow. 81 00:08:59,881 --> 00:09:01,381 Sure thing, sonny. 82 00:09:02,830 --> 00:09:03,960 Look after yourselves! 83 00:09:04,061 --> 00:09:06,161 Gee up! On you go, my dear! 84 00:09:06,260 --> 00:09:09,420 Save them and protect them! - Let's go, quickly! 85 00:09:09,660 --> 00:09:12,240 Leaving us behind?! - What are they thinking?! 86 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:18,340 Where are you going, you little devils?! Oh, no... 87 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:22,520 They ran off, barefoot. 88 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,860 Here, into the ditch! 89 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,900 Why don't we cross the river today? 90 00:10:02,220 --> 00:10:05,680 Yeah right, and if they see us? Tomorrow they'll have other concerns. 91 00:10:05,780 --> 00:10:09,060 All right. Go to sleep, then. 92 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,700 Eh... I wonder how our boys are doing? 93 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:53,000 Into Thy hands, Lord, I entrust my spirit. 94 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,840 O, Lord... You are with us! 95 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:06,680 During the battle, go wherever you judge is necessary. 96 00:12:06,781 --> 00:12:08,581 Right, God be with you. 97 00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:12,370 The truth and power of God is in you. 98 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,400 Put your men into an ambushing regiment. 99 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,840 The main thing is that you don't rush! 100 00:12:19,991 --> 00:12:21,441 Very well, Duke. 101 00:12:53,730 --> 00:12:56,400 Let us see... 102 00:12:56,801 --> 00:13:00,251 whose side the gods will take... 103 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,790 So this is the whole Russian army? 104 00:13:14,791 --> 00:13:17,391 ??? 105 00:13:18,180 --> 00:13:20,340 Cowards! 106 00:13:23,391 --> 00:13:27,341 Battle me! 107 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:40,960 Shall we exchange, brother? I need your spear. 108 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,370 How will you manage to withstand such strength without a sword?! 109 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,160 Strength does not lie in the sword, but in God's truth. 110 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,090 Forgive this sinner! 111 00:13:58,290 --> 00:14:00,340 May the Lord forgive you... 112 00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:15,220 Lord, give strength to my brothers. 113 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,400 We hold dominion! 114 00:14:26,001 --> 00:14:27,701 Death! 115 00:15:18,970 --> 00:15:23,600 Receive, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, Alexander. 116 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:32,120 Ah... but think of how many lives he saved from that barbarian. 117 00:15:57,621 --> 00:16:01,721 "Have mercy on me, o Lord, according to Thy great mercy, and with Thy countless compassion, erase my wrongdoing... 118 00:16:01,822 --> 00:16:05,772 and also wash me of my iniquity and cleanse me of my sin; 119 00:16:05,873 --> 00:16:09,823 for I am aware of my iniquity, and my sin stands before me forever..." 120 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:16,160 In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit... Amen. 121 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,060 To battle! 122 00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:37,240 It's time! 123 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,920 Ah! We overslept. We overslept! 124 00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:44,921 Ah? Where? Who? 125 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,020 Phew... never mind. We'll be in time! 126 00:18:51,021 --> 00:18:52,321 "We'll be in time..." 127 00:18:52,420 --> 00:18:56,060 I told you that we should have crossed the water yesterday. 128 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,940 Hold on, my dear. 129 00:19:00,091 --> 00:19:02,341 So, what colour shield will you have? 130 00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:05,420 I won't need a shield... I'll need a sword! 131 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,860 And where are you going to find one? 132 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:10,840 I'll find one... or take it from someone! 133 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,400 It's my fate to drink from the same bitter cup as everyone else. 134 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,480 They must see the Duke. 135 00:19:41,820 --> 00:19:45,160 What were you thinking, going alone?! 136 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,300 Cover your back... 137 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:09,860 Duke... 138 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:26,940 It is time, Bobrok! 139 00:20:27,041 --> 00:20:29,041 It's still too soon. 140 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,020 We will destroy all our cavalry in vain. 141 00:20:32,340 --> 00:20:34,440 The Duke's banner has already fallen! 142 00:20:34,540 --> 00:20:36,900 But Mamai's troops are still full of vigour. 143 00:20:37,020 --> 00:20:40,010 I can't stand watching our men just melt away! 144 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:43,200 Let them burn through their reserves first. 145 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,200 At last, we're here! 146 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,480 There, look! 147 00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:58,340 Do you think he's dead? 148 00:20:58,441 --> 00:21:00,541 Who can tell? 149 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,040 Oomph... heavy! 150 00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:12,880 - I guess they're wounded? - I don't know. 151 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:27,820 A-aah! Hey, Andrey! What are you doing? Come on, let's go! 152 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,440 He's alive. Oh, he'll be burnt alive! 153 00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:38,740 Aren't you going to fight? Andrey! 154 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,340 Move it. Move it! 155 00:22:16,220 --> 00:22:17,150 Mommy! 156 00:22:17,251 --> 00:22:18,701 What happened? 157 00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:25,020 Hold on, Andrey! 158 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:38,000 Oh, dear God! 159 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,810 Martha! Martha! Bring water! We have another one! 160 00:22:40,911 --> 00:22:42,311 I'm coming! 161 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:48,580 Oh, Andrey, look! That looks like our boat! 162 00:22:48,940 --> 00:22:51,400 Be brave, dear man, be brave. 163 00:22:51,501 --> 00:22:55,001 Come quickly! Martha! 164 00:22:55,360 --> 00:23:00,200 Vasya! My dear Vasya! You're alive! 165 00:23:02,580 --> 00:23:05,140 - Daddy!... - Mom... 166 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:38,540 Hey, where are you running off to? 167 00:23:39,291 --> 00:23:41,591 Don't disgrace your mothers! 168 00:23:41,710 --> 00:23:46,420 Yeah? Not even half of our regiment is left. 169 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:50,460 From my regiment, I am the only one left ... 170 00:24:10,540 --> 00:24:11,470 For Russia! 171 00:24:11,521 --> 00:24:14,521 Well, now our time has come at last... 172 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,620 - God is with us! - God is with us! 173 00:24:18,921 --> 00:24:20,121 For Russia! 174 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,280 Hurra-a-ah! 175 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,040 For Russia! 176 00:25:04,510 --> 00:25:05,800 Hey... look!... 177 00:25:06,351 --> 00:25:08,201 He ran off! 178 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,040 We found him! The Duke is alive! 179 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,540 Where's Mamai? 180 00:26:40,891 --> 00:26:43,741 Mamai turned and fled. We won, Duke! 181 00:26:43,742 --> 00:26:45,642 We defeated them all! 182 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:49,980 We're free... 183 00:26:50,331 --> 00:26:53,981 Glory to Thee, o Lord. 184 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,700 It's time. 185 00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:05,540 Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate 186 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:15,440 producers Stanislav Podivilov, Boruslav Budnitskiy 187 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:22,960 director & art director Stanislav Podivilov 188 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,720 screenwriter Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko 189 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,520 composer Vladimir Dovgan 190 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:38,640 voice actors Yuriy Tuzov, Farit Halyapov, Sergey Kotarev, 191 00:28:38,741 --> 00:28:40,241 Vladimir Dovzhik, Marina Fesenko, Pavel Anohin, 192 00:28:40,341 --> 00:28:41,841 Natalya Laryunina, Igor Kalagin, Daniil Kalagin, Lev Grishin, 193 00:28:41,941 --> 00:28:43,441 deacon Oleg Kovalyov, Tatyana Polyanskaya, Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko, 194 00:28:43,542 --> 00:28:45,442 Aleksey Yevdokimov, Denis Vakulenko, Stanislav Podivilov 195 00:28:46,950 --> 00:28:48,040 animators Olesya Kreps, Lyudmila Malahova, Aleksey Podkolzin, 196 00:28:48,041 --> 00:28:50,141 Pavel Florov, Aleksey Shtyhin, Vasiliy Shevchenko, Darya Matreshina, 197 00:28:50,142 --> 00:28:54,142 Mihail Fyodorov, Pyotr Dmitriyev, Stanislav Podivilov, Vadim Miheyev, 198 00:28:54,143 --> 00:28:58,143 Vlad Bayramgulov, Marat Bedretdinov, Ildar Rahimov, Yekaterina Shabanova 199 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,170 drawing and coloring Irina Belozerova, Sergey Braterskiy, Nikolay Bolotnov, Irina Bogocheva, Margarita Bogdanovskaya, 200 00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:01,271 Natalya Bocharova, Natalya Vasilyeva, Natalya Volodina, Aleksey Borontsov, Yevgeniya Dryzhenko, Oksana Dymovich, 201 00:29:01,372 --> 00:29:02,372 Tatyana Yefremova, Mariya Zheltova, Yuliya Zhukova, Svetlana Kazikova, Anastasiya Katerinich, Aleksandra Knekalo, 202 00:29:02,473 --> 00:29:03,473 Yekaterina Kuralesina, Yevgeniya Klyuchnikova, Mariya Konyuhova, 203 00:29:03,574 --> 00:29:04,574 Anton Koldyushov, Olga Kolosova, Svetlana Krivenkina, Tatyana Larina, 204 00:29:04,675 --> 00:29:05,675 Olga Leneshkina, Darya Lomakina, Irina Lyarskaya, Lyudmila Malahova, 205 00:29:05,776 --> 00:29:06,776 Irina Manzhos, Tatyana Markushina, Maksim Matviyenko, Irina Mitina, 206 00:29:06,877 --> 00:29:07,877 Vasilina Morozova, Yuliya Myasnikova, Loy Olennik, Olga Omarova Volkova, 207 00:29:07,973 --> 00:29:08,973 Mariya Pokormik, Larisa Razguliyeva, Viktoriya Savenko, Artur Sosa Sanches, 208 00:29:09,074 --> 00:29:10,074 Zoya Sokolova, Alina Sudarnikova, Tatyana Titova, Irina Tkachenko, Sergey Holchev, 209 00:29:10,175 --> 00:29:11,225 Natalya Uspenskaya, Nina Shchetinina, Anatoliy Shinalev, Stanislav Podivilov 210 00:29:12,290 --> 00:29:13,320 filling textures Anatoliy Podivilov, Nadezhda Butorina, Tatyana Titova, 211 00:29:13,421 --> 00:29:14,421 Yekaterina Ponkratova, Yekaterina Potyomkina, Natalya Naytmak, 212 00:29:14,522 --> 00:29:15,522 Polina Anohina, Sergey Yefimov, Svetlana Anohina, Sergey Zukakin, 213 00:29:15,623 --> 00:29:16,623 Tatyana Skida, Anna Androsova, Antonina Kadyrova, Marina Veyze, 214 00:29:16,724 --> 00:29:17,724 Saltanat Duysenbayeva, Tatyana Lenina, Stanislav Podivilov 215 00:29:17,825 --> 00:29:20,325 light-effects Irina Aleksandrova, Nadezhda Butorina, Lyudmila Yevdokimova, 216 00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:22,926 Mariya Krotova, Yekaterina Ponkratova, Marina Beyze, Stanislav Podivilov 217 00:29:23,790 --> 00:29:25,030 backgrounds Irina Aleksandrova, Lyudmila Yevdokimova, Anna Podivilova 218 00:29:25,131 --> 00:29:26,331 assistants Olga Botina, Natalya Vasilyeva, Olga Koryakina, Anna Podivilova 219 00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:27,632 scene assembly Stanislav Podivilov 220 00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:29,033 scanning & clean-up Lyudmila Antonova, Irina Kozhevnikova, 221 00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:30,334 Murat Omarov-Volkov, Natalya Ryzhkova, Mariya Shabanova 222 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,210 re-recording sound engineer Denis Vakulenko 223 00:29:34,311 --> 00:29:35,761 sound engineer Stanislav Podivilov 224 00:29:35,862 --> 00:29:37,562 technical support Yuriy Nazarov, Sergey Zubakin 225 00:29:39,530 --> 00:29:41,460 animation group director Sergey Antonov 226 00:29:41,561 --> 00:29:43,461 music recording Vasiliy Dovgan 227 00:29:43,562 --> 00:29:45,412 production director Ivan Zemzkov 228 00:29:45,563 --> 00:29:47,413 other administrators Marina Sadovnikova, Aleksey Sadovnikov, Stanislav Podivilov, Nikolay Smetanin 229 00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:52,630 Created with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation 230 00:29:54,281 --> 00:29:59,831 (c) Izbor, Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate, Rassvet (2010) 231 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:03,660 Subs by Chapaev & Eus (2019.07), pankrestos (2023.11), Niffiwan (2026.08) Animatsiya.net