Aleksandr Ptushko – Ruslan i Lyudmila AKA Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)

The final film from Russian fantasy master Aleksandr Ptushko (ILYA MUROMETS, SAMPO), RUSLAN AND LUDMILA was a glorious and magical summation of his career: a 2-1/2 hour greatest hits package filled with the sweeping lyricism, bejeweled visual F/X and mythic storytelling that put him on par with Walt Disney, Ray Harryhausen and Mario Bava. Based on an epic fairy tale written in 1820 by Alexander Pushkin (Ptushko had previously adapted Pushkin’s THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN, and half-jokingly said they were related), the film opens with the seemingly-joyous marriage of bogatyr (warrior) Ruslan (Valeri Kozinets) to Ludmila (Natalya Petrova), the daughter of Prince Vladimir. (Like his earlier ILYA MUROMETS, the action of the film is set during the legendary era of the Kyivan Rus’ culture that pre-dated both modern Ukraine and Russia.) On their wedding night, Ludmila is spirited away by the riotously long-bearded wizard Chernomor (Vladimir Fyodorov), and taken to his sinister palace where she’s held prisoner. On their epic quest to rescue her, Ruslan and his three rivals encounter some of Ptushko’s most unforgettable imagery: a giant’s monstrous, decapitated head slumbering on an open plain, magic rings and stone warriors, sorcery and sacrifice, all in the hope of reuniting lost lovers.

Ruslan.and.Ludmila.1972.BDRIP.4K.576p.x264.FLAC.KJNU.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2 h 25 min
Size: 	3.59 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	790x576 
Aspect ratio:  	1.372
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 000 kb/s
BPP: 	0.275
Audio
#1:  	Russian 1.0ch FLAC @ 328 kb/s (Main Audio)
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s (Commentary track by comics artist (Swamp Thing), film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette)

https://nitro.download/view/4F4562628A918FA/Ruslan.and.Ludmila.1972.BDRIP.4K.576p.x264.FLAC.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):Russian, English commentary
Subtitles:English