Ilya Muromets

Legendary fantasy filmmaker Aleksandr Ptushko’s sweeping, visual F/X-filled epic

Legendary fantasy filmmaker Aleksandr Ptushko’s sweeping, visual F/X-filled epic is one of his most enchanting achievements: a stunning Cinemascope ballad of heroic medieval knights, ruthless Tugar invaders, wind demons and three-headed fire-breathing dragons. Based on one of the most famous byliny (oral epics) in Kievan Rus’ culture, the film stars Boris Andreyev as the bogatyr (warrior) Ilya, waging a decades-long battle against the Tugars who threaten his homeland, kidnap his wife and raise his own son to fight against him.

Bonus Materials
New 4K restoration of ILYA MUROMETS New commentary track by comics artist (Swamp Thing) and film historian Stephen R. Bissette. Reprint of Part 1 of pioneering Russian film scholar Alan Upchurch’s articles on Ptushko from ‘Video Watchdog’ magazine New restoration trailer

Cast & Crew
Actors: Aleksandr Shvorin Andrei Abrikosov Au-Son-Hi Boris Andreyev as Ilya Muromets Iya Arepina Mikhail Pugovkin Muratbek Ryskulov Natalya Medvedeva Nikolai Gladkov Ninel Myshkova as Vasilisa Sergey Martinson Sergey Stolyarov Shamshi Tyumenbayev Shukur Burkhanov as Tsar Kalin Vladimir Solovyov Vsevolod Tyagushev
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko