Ruslan and Ludmila (film)

Ruslan and Ludmila («Руслан и Людмила») is a 1972 film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is based on the 1820 poem of the same name written by Alexander Pushkin.

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".