Released:
1954-01-01

Overview:
The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them. On the way, he receives a magical flute as a gift, which helps him find his way to the wizard's castle — and comes to the aid of Black Whirlwind's numerous victims, who have long suffered from the tyrant's misdeeds. Based on a Moldovan fairy tale by Emilian Bukov.

Directors:
Yakov Bazelyan, Sergei Parajanov

Runtime:
1h 3min

Genre:
Fantasy, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Giuli Chokhonelidze
• 
  Konstantin Russu
  as
  (as Kostya Russu)
• 
  Nodar Shashigoglu
  as
  (as Nodar Shashik-ogly)
• 
  K. Stirbu
• 
  Eugeniu Ureche