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Ruslan i Lyudmila

  • 19721972
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
AdventureFantasyMystery
Based on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale poem of the same name. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, Ludmila is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Her fath... Read allBased on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale poem of the same name. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, Ludmila is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Her father seeks help from his people, but of course Ruslan is the only one able to save her.Based on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale poem of the same name. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, Ludmila is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Her father seeks help from his people, but of course Ruslan is the only one able to save her.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
436
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
66,906
5,091
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    • Director
      • Aleksandr Ptushko
    • Writers
      • Alexander Pushkin(poem "Ruslan i Lyudmila")
      • Aleksandr Ptushko
      • Samuel Bolotin
    • Stars
      • Valeri Kozinets
      • Natalya Petrova
      • Vladimir Fyodorov
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    • Director
      • Aleksandr Ptushko
    • Writers
      • Alexander Pushkin(poem "Ruslan i Lyudmila")
      • Aleksandr Ptushko
      • Samuel Bolotin
    • Stars
      • Valeri Kozinets
      • Natalya Petrova
      • Vladimir Fyodorov
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    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Natalya Khrennikova in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Vladimir Fyodorov and Valeri Kozinets in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Natalya Petrova in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Vladimir Fyodorov in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Mariya Kapnist in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Vyacheslav Nevinnyy in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Natalya Khrennikova in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Mariya Kapnist in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Oleg Khabalov in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Vyacheslav Nevinnyy in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)
    Valeri Kozinets and Natalya Petrova in Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972)

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    Valeri Kozinets
    • Ruslan
    Natalya Petrova
    Natalya Petrova
    • Lyudmila
    Vladimir Fyodorov
    Vladimir Fyodorov
    • Chernomor the Wizard
    Mariya Kapnist
    Mariya Kapnist
    • Naina the Witch
    • (as Mariya Kapnist-Serko)
    Andrei Abrikosov
    Andrei Abrikosov
    • knaz Vladimir
    • (as A. Abrikosov)
    Igor Yasulovich
    Igor Yasulovich
    • Finn
    • (as I. Yasulovich)
    Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
    Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
    • Farlaf
    • (as V. Nevinnyy)
    Oleg Mokshantsev
    Oleg Mokshantsev
    • Rogdai
    • (as O. Mokshantsev)
    Ruslan Akhmetov
    Ruslan Akhmetov
    • Ratmir
    • (as R. Akhmetov)
    Sergey Martinson
    Sergey Martinson
    • Ambassador
    • (as S. Martinson)
    Nikandr Nikolayev
      Nikolay Kutuzov
      Nikolay Kutuzov
      • Ambassador
      • (as N. Kutuzov)
      Shavkat Gaziyev
      Shavkat Gaziyev
        Viktor Shulgin
        Viktor Shulgin
        • Golova
        • (as V. Shulgin)
        Eve Kivi
        Eve Kivi
        • Rybirka
        • (as E. Kivi-Antson)
        Natalya Khrennikova
        • Yonaya Naina
        • (as N. Khrennikova)
        Aleksey Krychenkov
        Aleksey Krychenkov
        • Shut
        • (as A. Krychenkov)
        Oleg Khabalov
        Oleg Khabalov
        • Predvoditel pechenegov
        • (as O. Khabalov)
        • Director
          • Aleksandr Ptushko
        • Writers
          • Alexander Pushkin(poem "Ruslan i Lyudmila")
          • Aleksandr Ptushko
          • Samuel Bolotin
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        6/10
        this epic fantasy is Ptushko's swan song and unequivocally his most ambitious work
        Hailed as Walt Disney of the Soviet Union, this epic fantasy is Ptushko's swan song (he passed away in 1973) and unequivocally his most ambitious work. Based on Pushkin's poem, RUSLAN AND LUDMILA runs 150 minutes, which allows Ptushko to mould an extensively lavish set to minutely fabricate the fairy tale, in a children-friendly fashion. Ruslan (Kozinets), a valiant knight, is going to marry Ludmila (Petrova), the prepossessing daughter of Prince Vladimir of Kiev (Abribosov), but in their wedding night, Ludmila is abducted by an evil dwarf wizard, Chernomor (Fyodorov) who is in alliance with a vengeful witch Naina (Kapnist), so Ruslan is on his way to rescue her, together with three other rivals who are also yearning for Ludmila, they are Rogdai (Mokshantsev), a sully-looking warrior, Ratmir (Akhmetov), a young Khazar Khan and Farlaf (Nevinnyy), a portly gourmand.

        As a master of stop-motion filmmaking, four decades later, Ptushko's sleights of hand are all the same enthralling to appreciate prominently as a novelty before CGI-era, crude but fantastic, Naina's witchcraft, Chernomor's magic beard, the giant slumbering human head, the wizard's hat which can make people invisible, a crafty juxtaposition of labouring giants and normal-size humans, and the combat between Ruslan and Chernomor in the soaring sky, all can effortlessly take the audience's breath away at that time.

        Unfortunately, the momentum slumps in the last half-hour, where Kiev is under siege from its barbaric attackers, here, so obvious that Ptushko is not competent to command the large scale of action sequences, the battle scenes are generically haphazard, extras are playing house, and shoddy models are ubiquitous. All the more, the acting, is the simplest type which leaves no trace of subtlety or empathy, fairly straightforward to the degree that every toddler can feasibly comprehend who is good and who represents evil, Ruslan is the invincible hero and Ludmila is the fearless heroine, who can single-handedly fend off Chernomor and his minions with all the pillows on the bed, Naina is the source of evil and Chernomor is merely a jester. It all can be subsumed as the standard Disney franchise, but unfortunately it becomes ever so distracting from adult's eyes. With all due respect to Ptushko and his screw for their laborious effort, a 6/10 is my conscientious vote for this one.
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        • Release date
          • January 1, 1973 (Soviet Union)
        • Country of origin
          • Soviet Union
        • Language
          • Russian
        • Also known as
          • Ruslan and Ludmila
        • Production company
          • Mosfilm
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          2 hours 30 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.66 : 1

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