To Kill a Dragon 1988

Lancelot, Aleksandr Abdulov, a wandering knight and distant maternal descendant of the legendary Sir Lancelot, arrives in a city long ruled by a dragon for four centuries. Most residents have grown used to the tyranny, arguing that its grip is part of the town’s history.

Lancelot, saving the Dragon, Oleg Yankovskiy’s victim, an innocent girl, confronts the monster with the help of people from an underground city who work to arm him and prepare for an unequal fight. The Dragon looms as the formidable foe.

In the underground city, Friedrichsen, Aleksandr Zbruev, a local scientist, guides the knight through hidden passages and helps him locate ancient weapons.

Lancelot defeats the Dragon but is wounded and forced to hide as chaos replaces order in the city.

After the killing, the mayor, Evgeni Leonov, who has served as a puppet under the Dragon, proclaims victory and ushers in new decrees. Lancelot returns to tell the residents that the Dragon’s death does not simply end tyranny; it reveals the need for each person to confront the dragon within themselves, and he vows to lead them in that struggle. Yet as he speaks, some townspeople begin to see him as the next dragon, bowing to a new form of control.

Lancelot withdraws from the crowd. He sees children playing with the Dragon, who has softened from a brutal warlord into a friendly, bearded man. The Dragon offers not to continue fighting when the children are nearby, but Lancelot refuses. The Dragon concedes that the most interesting part is about to begin. And so, Lancelot, the Dragon, and the children walk away together.