The Magic Sword (1962 film)

The Magic Sword (a.k.a. St. George and the Dragon, St. George and the Seven Curses, the film's original title,[1] and The Seven Curses of Lodac) is a 1962 American fantasy film, largely aimed at children, that is loosely based on the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon.

The legend of Saint George and the Dragon describes the saint taming and slaying a dragon that demanded human sacrifices; the saint thereby rescues the princess chosen as the next offering. The narrative is set in Cappadocia in the earliest sources of the 11th and 12th centuries, but transferred to Libya in the 13th-century Golden Legend.[1]

The Order of Saint George (Russian: Орден «Святого Георгия») is today the highest purely military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established November 26, 1769 as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire by Empress Catherine the Great.[3] After the 1917 Russian Revolution it was awarded by the White movement anti-communist forces under Alexander Kolchak until their collapse in 1921.[4] The order was revived in the Russian Federation on August 8, 2000 by Decree №1463[2][5] of the President of Russia. The current award criteria were amended on September 7, 2010 by Presidential Decree 1099.[