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

Additional Details

Label: Deaf Crocodile

Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy

Language: Russian

Run Time: 91 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 08/12/25

UPC: 850066568286