Ruslan and Lyudmila
01/01/1996
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.
Movie Information
Vladimir Ognovenko
as Ruslan
Anna Netrebko
as Lyudmila
Mikhail Kit
as Svetozar
Larissa Diadkova
as Ratmir
Gennady Bezzubenkov
as Farlaf
Galina Gorchakova
as Gorislava
Konstantin Pluzhnikov
as Finn
Irina Bogachova
as Naina
Yuri Marusin
as Bayan
Valery Gergiev
as
Mariinsky Orchestra
as
