Gengis Khan e l'impero mongolo

IL CONQUISTATORE DEI MONGOLI

(Ilya Muromets)

1956, regia di Aleksandr Ptushko

Scheda: Nazione: URSS - Produzione: Sovexportfilm, Kinostudiya, Mosfilm - Distribuzione: Micarcine, Sig Shore International, Sinister Cinema, Valiant Films - Soggetto: Mikhail Kochnev - Sceneggiatura: Mikhail Kochnev - Fotografia: Yuli Kun, Fyodor Provorov - Montaggio: M. Kuzmina - Costumi: Olga Kruchinina - Musiche: Igor Morozov - Effetti speciali: Yevgeni Svidetelyov, Aleksei Renkov, Boris Travkin - Formato: Cinemascope Color - Durata: 90'.

Cast: Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Aleksandr Shvorin, Iya Arepina, Au-Son-Hi, Georgi Dyomin, S. Dzhamanov, Paul Frees, Nikolai Glazkov, Sovol Martinson, Natalya Medvedeva, Yelena Myshkova, Mikhail Pugovkin, Muratbek Ryskulov, Vladimir Solovyov, V. Tyagushchyov, Sh. Tyumenbayev.

Trama e commenti: mymovies.it: «I mongoli di Kalin mettono a ferro e fuoco la Russia. Ma li ferma un eroe leggendario, Ilia Muromez, annunciato da una profezia, che benché privo dell'uso delle mani e dei piedi era il solo degno di maneggiare la magica spada di Sviatagor. Tradimenti, intrighi dei Boiardi, battaglie, rapimenti, in questo calderone teso alla celebrazione della Grande Russia».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - kiddiematinee.com:  «After many years of brave service to Russia, the giant bogatyr Svyatogor (whose name means 'Holy Mountain') grows weary and leaves his sword with a group of passing pilgrims before turning into stone. The pilgrims pledge to pass the sword on to the bravest and boldest of all bogatyrs. In the village of Karacharovo, the strong but lame Ilya Muromets sits helpless at his window as his townsfolk are attacked by the cruel invaders known as the Tugars. The Tugars abduct Ilya's beloved, Vasilisa. Later, the pilgrims come to Ilya's house and give him a magic potion which cures him of his lameness. Ilya takes the sword of Svyatogor and swears to defend his country against the hated Tugars. On the way to Kiev, where he plans to offer his services to the wise and beloved Prince Vladimir, Ilya encounters the dreaded Nightingale the Robber (called 'The Wind Demon" in the American version), whose loud and powerful whistling has claimed many Russian lives. Ilya captures the Nightingale and presents him as a gift to Prince Vladimir. In Kiev, two other famous bogatyrs, Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikidch...».

Approfondimenti: Movie Review

Conosciuto anche con i titoli: The Epic Hero and the Beast; The Sword and the Dragon.

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