Synopsis
Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber (2007) is a Russian animated adventure comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio and directed by Vladimir Toropchin, the film follows the most famous bogatyr of Slavic legend on a road trip that starts in Kievan Rus and ends up all the way in Constantinople.
Sparrow the Robber pulls off a double heist: he swipes the Kiev treasury and kidnaps Ilya's horse Burushka. To recover both, Ilya and the Prince set off together — joined, uninvited, by a reporter from the birchbark gazette. What starts as a straightforward rescue mission gets derailed by the Byzantine Emperor, who has his own ideas about alliances.
The film works on two levels: slapstick and chases for younger viewers, dry political satire for anyone old enough to catch the jokes. Good fun for a family night. Stream Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber (2007) online on iFILM.
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