Ruslan and Ludmila (film)
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Directed by | Aleksandr Ptushko |
Written by | Aleksandr Ptushko (poetic dialogs) Alexander Pushkin (original poem) |
Produced by | Arkady Ashkinazi |
Starring | Valeri Kozinets Natalya Petrova Andrei Abrikosov Vladimir Fyodorov Vyacheslav Nevinny |
Cinematography | Igor Geleyn Valentin Zakharov |
Music by | Tikhon Khrennikov |
Distributed by | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Ruslan and Ludmila (Russian: «Руслан и Людмила») is a 1972 film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is based on the poem of the same name written by Alexander Pushkin in 1820.
It is the last of the many fairytale films Ptushko directed, and, according to film critics, the most successful. Ptushko died a year after this film was released.
Plot[]
The hero of the movie is the bogatyr Ruslan who sets off in search of his kidnapped bride, Ludmila. To rescue his beloved, he will have to overcome many obstacles, and battle the sorcerers Chernomor and Naina.
Cast[]
- Valeri Kozinets as Ruslan (voiced by Feliks Yavorsky)
- Natalya Petrova as Lyudmila (voiced by Nina Gulyaeva)
- Vladimir Fyodorov as Chernomor the Wizard (voiced by Valery Nosik)
- Maria Kapnist as Naina the Witch (as Maria Kapnist-Serko)
- Andrei Abrikosov as Vladimir
- Igor Yasulovich as Finn
- Vyacheslav Nevinny as Farlaf
- Oleg Mokshantsev as Rogdai
- Ruslan Akhmetov as Ratmir
- Sergey Martinson as Ambassador
- Eve Kivi as fisherwoman
- Valery Nosik as messenger
Awards[]
- 1976 — the International film festival of children's and youthful movies in Salerno (Italy) — a special award of jury
The edition on video[]
In 1990 in the USSR the movie is released on VHS by the film association "Krupnyy Plan".
External links[]
- Ruslan and Ludmila at IMDb
- Ruslan and Ludmila at AllMovie
- Ruslan And Ludmila at Cinema Strikes Back
Categories:
- 1972 films
- Russian-language films
- 1970s children's fantasy films
- 1970s fantasy adventure films
- Soviet films
- 1970s Russian-language films
- Russian fantasy adventure films
- Russian children's fantasy films
- Sword and sorcery films
- Films based on works by Aleksandr Pushkin
- Films directed by Aleksandr Ptushko
- Films based on Russian folklore
- Films based on Slavic mythology
- Kievan Rus in fiction
- Films based on fairy tales
- 1970s Soviet film stubs
- Fantasy film stubs