He's a Dragon

He's a Dragon or He is Dragon, also in English territories titled as I Am Dragon, and in Germany Dragon: Love is a Scary Tale, is a 2015 Russian 3D romantic fantasy adventure film written and directed by Indar Dzhendubaev and produced by Timur Bekmambetov's company Bazelevs. The two main roles are played by Maria Poezzhaeva and Matvey Lykov. The film is loosely based on Marina and Sergey Dyachenko's 1996 fantasy novel The Ritual. The action takes place in a fictional fantasy world, which is a stylistic fusion of Medieval Russia with Scandinavian, Celtic and Eastern traditions. The plot is about Princess Miroslava (Poezzhaeva) being abducted by a dragon and carried away to its lair on a remote island, where she encounters a mysterious young man named Arman (Lykov). The film was theatrically released in Russia by Bazelevs Distribution on December 3, 2015, in RealD 3D, followed by streaming on Netflix. It was the highest-grossing Russian film at the international box office in 2016. Plot In the Kievan Rus' of European epics, the people live in fear of a dreadful dragon who terrorizes a local village and its people. In order to appease the dragon, the villagers sacrificed young maidens in a ritual and they sing an ancient song to summon the dragon. The dragon abducts one of the maidens, but one brave knight travels to the dragon's island to rescue his love. When he discovers that she is already dead, the knight and dragon fight a fierce battle in which the dragon is defeated. The knight frees his people from fear and becomes known as the dragon slayer. The dreaded ritual is transformed into a wedding ceremony.