Cinema
Kill the Dragon
Убить дракона
Mark Zakharov · 1988
Synopsis
Lancelot, a knight-errant and a distant descendant of the famous knight, arrives in a city that has been ruled for four hundred years by a ferocious dragon. He discovers that the inhabitants, accustomed to their servitude, do not wish to be delivered, and the burgomaster tries to convince him that people have no need of freedom. Lancelot takes up the defence of an innocent young girl, Elsa, and challenges the monster.
Context
The screenplay, written by Grigory Gorin and the director, adapts the play “The Dragon”, written by Yevgeny Schwartz during the war; the cinematography is by Vladimir Nakhabtsev, the music by Gennady Gladkov. Alexander Abdulov plays Lancelot, Oleg Yankovsky the Dragon and Yevgeny Leonov the burgomaster of the town. The film was produced by Mosfilm with the German company Bavaria Film and was released in 1988.
Who it is for
A fantastical parable of about two hours, for those who like political fables and filmed theatre.
Prizes and reception
According to Mosfilm, in it the burgomaster tries to persuade the knight that people cannot live without their dragon.