The Lord of the Rings
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 The Lord of the Rings (1978) More at IMDbPro »

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USA 15 November 1978
Argentina 14 December 1978
Japan 21 July 1979
Netherlands 2 August 1979
West Germany 16 August 1979
Spain 31 August 1979
Sweden 25 December 1979
France 23 January 1980
Australia 7 March 1980
Finland 21 March 1980
Portugal 5 April 1980
Poland 23 November 2001 (DVD premiere)
France 30 November 2001 (DVD premiere)

Also Known As (AKA)
El señor de los anillos Argentina / Peru / Spain
O Senhor dos Anéis Brazil / Portugal (imdb display title)
A Gyűrűk Ura Hungary
Der Herr der Ringe West Germany (imdb display title)
Gospodar prstenova Serbia (imdb display title)
Il signore degli anelli Italy
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings USA (complete title)
J.R.R. Tolkiens Der Herr der Ringe West Germany (complete title)
Le seigneur des anneaux France
O arhontas ton daktylidion Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Ringenes herre Denmark
Sagan om ringen Sweden
Taru sormusten herrasta Finland
Wladca pierscieni Poland (imdb display title)

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