It's a typical Russian fairytale in a typical quite good Russian animation way. Characters created like Russian characters always - some pretty and some really ugly. Dobrynya Nikitich goes to save duke's cousin Zabava from a three-head dragon Gorynych. It's not an easy job for him and his young student Jelissei. But Dobrynya doesn't know that duke himself stands in a difficult position and is not interested in saving his cousin. Even the famous Russian witch Baba-Jaga comes in to the story. It's an adventurous story with some good laughs (for example when Khans teeth fly out; Jelissei with a blue eye - his facial expression is really good; Russian working ladies singing a very well performed song and also dancing along with it (they are almost like Russian version of Finnish band Värttinä) & when Dobrynya handles the betrayal). It's still a good animation to watch, although the ending is more than predictable. Overall 6/10
Review of Dobrinya and the Dragon
