RUSLAN AND LUDMILA

“One of Ptushko’s richest works, a compendium of all the techniques and special effects he had developed in previous films.” – Video Watchdog

The final feature from fantasy master Aleksandr Ptushko (ILYA MUROMETS, SAMPO), RUSLAN AND LUDMILA is his sweeping greatest-hits package filled with a lyricism, bejeweled SFX and mythic storytelling that’s on par with Disney, Harryhausen and Mario Bava. Based on a 19th-century fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin (Ptushko half-jokingly said they were related), the film’s set during the legendary era of Kyivan Rus culture that pre-dates both modern Ukraine and Russia. This epic quest serves you Ptushko’s most unforgettable imagery: sorcery and sacrifice, magic rings, stone warriors and even a giant’s monstrous decapitated head slumbering on an open plain.