ILYA MUROMETS (1956)
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.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- 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
