| Ruslan and Ludmila | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Ptushko |
| Written by | Aleksandr Ptushko Samuil Bolotin (poetic dialogs) Alexander Pushkin (original poem) |
| Produced by | Arkady Ashkinazi |
| Starring | Valeri Kozinets Natalya Petrova Andrei Abrikosov Vladimir Fyodorov Vyacheslav Nevinny |
| Cinematography | Igor Geleyn Valentin Zakharov |
| Music by | Tikhon Khrennikov |
| Distributed by | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Ruslan and Ludmila (Russian: «Руслан и Людмила») is a 1972 film directed by Aleksandr Ptushko. It is based on the 1820 poem of the same name written by Alexander Pushkin.
It is the last of the many fairytale films Ptushko directed, and, according to film critics, the most successful. Ptushko died a year after this film was released.
The hero of the movie is the bogatyr Ruslan who sets off in search of his kidnapped bride, Ludmila. To rescue his beloved, he will have to overcome many obstacles, and battle the sorcerers Chernomor and Naina.