1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,488 "Rassvet" (Dawn) Film Company 2 00:00:04,268 --> 00:00:06,094 The Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,188 present a film by Stanislav Podivilov 4 00:00:10,688 --> 00:00:12,756 screenwriters Kirill Nemirovich-Danchenko, Stanislav Podivilov 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,004 Blessed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexius II 6 00:00:18,462 --> 00:00:22,172 Hard times had fallen upon Russia. 7 00:00:22,270 --> 00:00:26,604 The tranquility of life was increasingly violated by the raids of the Horde. 8 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:31,292 The towns and villages would not be done rebuilding after yet another raid 9 00:00:31,390 --> 00:00:34,832 before the next followed and again people were killed and houses set ablaze. 10 00:00:35,152 --> 00:00:40,180 There was nobody to harvest the sown grain, nor sometimes even to sow it. 11 00:00:42,128 --> 00:00:45,632 Your Cross 12 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,284 They burned everything down again, damn them! 13 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,585 It hasn't even been a month! 14 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:13,056 Dad! Come to dinner! 15 00:01:32,864 --> 00:01:36,014 Protect your mother! Giddy up!! 16 00:02:08,608 --> 00:02:12,928 Lord! Why? 17 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,808 I don't have the strength to endure any more! 18 00:02:17,909 --> 00:02:19,809 I cannot! 19 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,688 Every year, it's nothing but devastation! 20 00:02:25,392 --> 00:02:30,316 We'll die of hunger! I'm afraid of my own shadow! 21 00:02:30,410 --> 00:02:33,760 I cannot bear this cross any longer! 22 00:02:33,952 --> 00:02:37,346 It is too heavy, Lord! 23 00:02:37,497 --> 00:02:38,697 Lord... 24 00:02:39,424 --> 00:02:42,624 give me another that is lighter! 25 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,152 Grieve not. 26 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,400 The Lord has heard your prayer! 27 00:03:08,672 --> 00:03:12,096 - Lord! - Come with me! 28 00:03:25,328 --> 00:03:27,888 Choose yourself a new cross. 29 00:03:36,144 --> 00:03:41,168 Lord! How many of them there are... 30 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,000 A sword? 31 00:04:24,992 --> 00:04:29,440 I think it's the Prince's! And it does not seem so heavy! 32 00:04:30,976 --> 00:04:35,488 Why don't I try it? Am I any worse than the Prince? 33 00:04:36,256 --> 00:04:39,200 No sowing, no plowing... 34 00:06:19,808 --> 00:06:26,128 Brothers! God has condemned you to receive such a death. 35 00:06:27,104 --> 00:06:32,316 You laid down your lives for the Russian land 36 00:06:32,917 --> 00:06:35,217 and the Orthodox faith. 37 00:06:36,752 --> 00:06:41,908 Pray that I may be with the Lord by your side, 38 00:06:42,368 --> 00:06:47,264 for I am sure that the Lord will listen to you! 39 00:06:48,898 --> 00:06:55,808 Lord, show Thy mercy to Thy servant! 40 00:08:06,128 --> 00:08:09,408 No, I cannot bear it! How could I aim so high? 41 00:08:15,232 --> 00:08:18,688 It's so quiet. Peaceful. 42 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,552 Praying is something I can do! What else could be needed here? 43 00:08:39,296 --> 00:08:41,424 Drink the wine! 44 00:08:51,344 --> 00:08:53,836 Who are you bowing to?! 45 00:08:54,137 --> 00:08:57,037 Who are you praying to for so many years?! 46 00:08:57,138 --> 00:09:00,738 Bow down to me! Me! 47 00:09:04,752 --> 00:09:10,144 I bow to the Lord God and serve Him alone. 48 00:09:14,128 --> 00:09:17,008 Yes, you are a great ascetic. 49 00:09:17,109 --> 00:09:19,009 Bow down to me! 50 00:09:19,136 --> 00:09:22,144 And the whole world will fall at your feet! 51 00:09:22,352 --> 00:09:25,216 You will be on equal terms with great lords. 52 00:09:25,317 --> 00:09:27,117 You will destroy evil! 53 00:09:27,248 --> 00:09:30,790 News of your renown will travel the world! 54 00:09:30,896 --> 00:09:34,330 You will be given gifts and worshipped! 55 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:40,220 And no one will doubt the righteousness of your deeds! 56 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:45,084 Let God arise, and scattered be His enemies! 57 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:48,620 And let those who hate Him flee from His presence! 58 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:54,384 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit! Amen! 59 00:10:11,904 --> 00:10:14,416 Lord, have mercy! 60 00:10:17,216 --> 00:10:21,328 How simple! Simple and light... 61 00:10:23,856 --> 00:10:26,832 Lord! Let this be my cross! 62 00:10:27,536 --> 00:10:29,824 So be it. 63 00:11:08,048 --> 00:11:11,888 - Hand it over, it's our ship! - No, I won't! 64 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,366 Dad! 65 00:11:26,624 --> 00:11:28,144 Dad! 66 00:11:55,312 --> 00:11:56,628 A little more... 67 00:11:56,729 --> 00:11:58,029 He's alive! 68 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,954 Hey, he's here! 69 00:12:00,055 --> 00:12:02,305 - Pull, pull, pull, pull! - He's alive! 70 00:12:03,728 --> 00:12:05,360 Thank goodness! 71 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:12,288 - Lord! - Know this: the cross you've chosen 72 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,896 is your very own, former cross. 73 00:12:18,544 --> 00:12:22,720 Thy will be done, o Lord! 74 00:12:32,064 --> 00:12:34,080 Dad! 75 00:12:39,072 --> 00:12:42,112 producer Borislav Budnitskiy 76 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:44,750 The music of Vyacheslav Odahovskiy is used in the film 77 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:45,988 art director & animator Stanislav Podivilov 78 00:12:46,089 --> 00:12:47,139 assistant directors Anatoliy Podivilov, Anna Podivilova 79 00:12:47,241 --> 00:12:48,591 backgrounds Anatoliy Podivilov, Stanislav Podivilov, Anna Podivilova, Yekaterina Ponkratova 80 00:12:48,688 --> 00:12:49,830 artist Yekaterina Potyomkina 81 00:12:49,930 --> 00:12:51,246 voice actors A. Bystritskiy, Rudolf Pankov, A. Plutser-Sarno, R. Huskivadze, V. Dovzhik, V. Smetanin, 82 00:12:51,347 --> 00:12:52,547 P. Anohin, N. Smetanin, K. Nemirovich-Danchenko, A. Podivilova, S. & A. Podivilov 83 00:12:54,956 --> 00:12:55,968 production director Aleksandr Zaytsev, deputy prod. dir. I. Zemskov 84 00:12:56,069 --> 00:12:57,069 digital sound montage Denis Vakulenko, digital sound recording Central Production International Group 85 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,684 The film was fully funded by the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography 86 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,970 The End Subs by nfdfneq & Eus (2014.02), revised by Niffiwan (2026.08) Animatsiya.net