Aleksandr PTUSHKO Александр ПТУШКО Aleksandr PTOUCHKO   USSR, 1971, 149 mn  Colour, fiction

Ruslan and Ludmila ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Руслан и Людмила    Rouslan et Ludmila  Ruslan et Liudmila

Plot synopsis

A mad, enchanted combination of The Wizard of Oz, Die Niebelungen and The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, RUSLAN is quite possibly Ptushko's greatest masterpiece, an epic two-part fantasy packed with surreal, grotesque characters - a sorcerous midget with a 50-foot beard, a demonic, hunchbacked witch - and jawdropping set pieces such as the midget's shimmering crystal palace, tormented figures chained inside a cavern, and a decapitated giant's head rising up like a statue on Easter Island. Based on a poem by Pushkin, Ptushko's final film as director follows the epic adventures of Ruslan (Valery Kosints) as he struggles to recover the feisty, resourceful bride (Natalia Petrova) kidnapped on their wedding night by the impish sorcerer Tchernomor.
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Selected in the following festivals :

- Cycle de cinéma soviétique à la cinémathèque d'Alger, Algiers (Algeria), 2011

- Festival de cinéma russe à Marly, Marly (France), 2011

- Festival ''East-West'', Die (France), 2008

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