Ruslan and Ludmila (film)

Ruslan and Ludmila
Film poster
Directed by	Aleksandr Ptushko
Written by	Aleksandr Ptushko Alexander Pushkin (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
Release date	1972
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Ruslan and Ludmila (Template:Lang-ru) 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 film of the director who created a large number of film fairy tales. According to film critics, "Ruslan and Ludmila" is top of works of the director.

The two-part screen version of the poem of the same name includes large-scale battle scenes, uses a large number of original scenery and suits. In the movie tricks of stuntmen and innovative methods of the combined shootings were used: the flying dwarf Chernomor, a talking head of a giant athlete.

Plot

The hero of the movie is the bogatyr Ruslan who moves off in searches of the kidnapped bride Ludmila. On the way of it wait for dangerous adventures, he should battle to the sorcerer Chernomor, the sorcerer Naina and to rescue the darling.

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
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• Ruslan And Ludmila at Cinema Strikes Back