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