Andriesh is Sergei Parajanov‘s first film, an expanded version of his (previously lost) student film The Moldavian Fairy Tale, aka The Moldovan Fairy Tale (found in 2025). The films are based on a book by Yemelian Bukov about a boy shepherd Andriesh (Konstantin Russu) who receives a gift of a magic flute which helps him in his journey to the castle of the evil sorcerer whom Andriesh must defeat. Co-directed by Yakov Bazelyan in 1954 this 63 minute feature was shot by Suren Shahbazyan (Shakhbazyan) who later lensed Paradjanov’s masterpiece Sayat Nova (The Color of Pomegranates).
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute 
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