Ruslan and Lyudmila

Overview

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1996

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Russia

Production

Philips

Cast

Galina Gorchakova,Gennady Bezzubenkov,Mikhail Kit,Irina Bogachova,Konstantin Pluzhnikov,Yuri Marusin,Vladimir Ognovenko,Valery Gergiev,Larissa Diadkova,Mariinsky Orchestraand 1 more

Director

Hans Hulscher

Writer

Alexander Pushkin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0362104