Language

Audio:

Ilya Muromets
Russian DTS-HD MA 2.0

Sampo
Finnish DTS-HD MA 5.1

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Russian DTS-HD MA 5.1

Ruslan and Ludmila
Russian DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles:

English

Extras

Ilya Muromets
• Audio commentary track by Steve Bissette
• Remembering Russian Film Scholar Alan Upchurch by Dennis Bartok
• Russian Fantastika Part One by Alan Upchurch
• The Making of The Sword and the Dragon by Aleksandr Ptushko (translated by Alan Upchurch)
• New restoration trailer

Sampo
• Audio commentary track by Steve Bissette
• Russian Fantastika Essay - Part Two by Alan Upchurch
• New artwork by Tony Stella

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• New hour-long video interview with legendary visual effects artist and film historian Robert Skotak (Academy Award-winner, Best Visual Effects for ALIENS and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY) on • Aleksandr Ptushko and the history of Soviet fantastika filmmaking, moderated by Dennis Bartok of Deaf Crocodile Films
• New commentary track by comics artist (Swamp Thing), film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette
• New essay by film historian and professor Peter Rollberg (Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema)

Ruslan and Ludmila
• New 4K restoration from the original camera negative and sound elements by Mosfilm.
• New commentary track by comics artist (Swamp Thing), film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette.
• New essay by film historian and professor Peter Rollberg (Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema).
• New video essay by film critic Walter Chaw (Film Freak Central).
• Blu-ray authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion.
• New art by Tony Stella

Trailer

Info

Description

Ilya Muromets (1956)
The defender of Rus', the hero Ilya Muromets, is slandered by the boyars and ends up in the prince's dungeon. But when trouble comes to his native land again, the prince is forced to bow to Muromets and his friends - Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikitich...

Sampo (1959)
A fairy tale film based on the Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala". The people of Kalevala dream of the magic mill Sampo, which without grain produces flour, honey, salt, and even gold. But the great master, the eternal blacksmith Ilmarinen, cannot make Sampo without the heavenly fire stolen by Louhi, the mistress of the land of sorcerers. The insidious Louhi herself dreams of getting the magic mill. To force Ilmarinen to make it for herself, she kidnaps the master's sister...

The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Three girls were spinning under the window late in the evening... And then a lot happened: love, slander, betrayal, miracles, many magical adventures, thirty-three heroes, and, of course, a happy ending...

Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
The valiant Ruslan, who set out to find his kidnapped bride, overcomes treachery, deceit, evil witchcraft - and, in the end, defeats Chernomor in a brutal battle...

Director & Cast

Director: Alexander Ptushko, Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh

Cast: Boris Andreev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrey Abrikosov, Natalia Medvedeva, Ninel Myshkova, Sergey Martinson, Georgy Demin, Alexander Shvorin, Vladimir Solovyov, Mikhail Pugovkin

Urho Somersalmi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Andris Oshin, Ada Voitsik, Eeve Kivi, Nina Anderson, Anatoly Barantsev, Vladimir Boriskin, Valentin Bryleev

Vladimir Andreev, Larisa Golubkina, Oleg Vidov, Ksenia Ryabinkina, Sergey Martinson, Olga Vikland, Vera Ivleva, Nina Belyaeva, Victor Kolpakov, Yuri Chekulaev

Valery Kozinets, Natalia Petrova, Vladimir Fedorov, Andrey Abrikosov, Maria Kapnist, Natalia Khrennikova, Igor Yasulovich, Viktor Shulgin, Oleg Mokshantsev, Ruslan Akhmetov