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Ilya Muromets
The Soviet poster for Ilya Muromets
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Ilya the Brave: The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest (1959)
Flagicon United States.png The Sword and the Dragon (1960)
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Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko
Producer Gleb Kuznetsov
Written by Mikhail Kochnev
Music by Igor Morozov
Production company Mosfilm
Distributor MosfilmUSSR, ShintohoJP (1959),
Mount Light CorporationJP (1989),
Valiant Films CorporationUS
Rating 6+RU[1]
Budget $10 million[2]
Running time 91 minutesUSSR[note 1]
(1 hour, 31 minutes)
83 minutesUS
(1 hour, 23 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
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“
Magnificent scale! A gigantic fire-breathing dragon! A monster that creates a storm! A fierce battle between the hero and the Demon King! (壮大なスケール! 火を噴く巨竜! 嵐を起す怪物! 勇士と魔王の大激闘!)
„ 

— Japanese tagline

Ilya Muromets (Russian: Илья Муромец) is a 1956 Soviet special effects fantasy epic directed by Aleksandr Ptushko and written by Mikhail Kochnev based on Russian folk legends of the titular hero Ilya Muromets. Produced by Mosfilm, it stars Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva, and Ninel Myshkova. Mosfilm released it to Soviet theaters on September 16, 1956. An edited and English-dubbed version of the film was released by Valiant Films in 1960 under the title The Sword and the Dragon. The film was also exported to various other countries including Japan, where Shintoho brought it to screens in 1959. The movie's portrayal of the three-headed dragon Zmey Gorynych from Slavic folklore is believed to have been an inspiration on Toho's kaiju King Ghidorah.[3]

Description

“
Tugars are rampaging on Russian soil, burning houses, and trampling crops. Thus, Ilya Muromets is sent to Kyiv-city to Prince Vladimir. The hero performs many glorious deeds on the road, but because of the traitorous boyars, Prince Vladimir puts Ilya in a deep cellar. Having learned about this, the Tugars attack the Russian land with renewed vigor. Prince Vladimir has to ask Ilya to defend his homeland. And two brave heroes, his faithful comrades-in-arms Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikitich, come to the aid of Muromets.
„ 

— Mosfilm[1]

Plot

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Staff

Main article: Ilya Muromets (film)/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Aleksandr Ptushko[note 2]
  • Written by   Mikhail Kochnev
  • Executive producer   Gleb Kuznetsov
  • Music by   Igor Morozov
  • Cinematography by   Fedor Provorov, Yuli Kun
  • Edited by   Mariya Kuzmina
  • Production design by   Evgeny Kumankov
  • Assistant director   Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
  • Special effects photographers   Aleksandr Renkov, Boris Travkin

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Boris Andreyev   as   Ilya Muromets
  • Andrei Abrikosov   as   Prince Vladimir
  • Natalya Medvedeva   as   Princess Apraksia
  • Ninel Myshkova   as   Vasilisa, Muromets's wife
  • Aleksandr Shvorin   as   Sokolnichek, Muromets's son
  • Shukur Burkhanov   as   Tsar Kalin
  • Sergey Martinson   as   Mishatychka, boyar
  • Georgi Dyomin   as   Dobrynya Nikitich
  • Sergei Stolyarov   as   Alyosha Popovich
  • Mikhail Pugovkin   as   Razumets
  • Vladimir Solovyov   as   Kassyan
  • Iya Arepina   as   Alyenushka, Popovich's lover
  • Vsevolod Tyagushev   as   Matvei Sbrodovich
  • Nikolai Gladkov   as   Plenchishye, boyar
  • Sadykbek Dzhamanov   as   Murza Sartak
  • Shamshi Tyumenbayev   as   Azvyak
  • Muratbek Ryskulov   as   Nevryuy, shaman
  • Tamara Nosova   as   Bermetovna, noblewoman
  • Alexandra Danilova   as   Vasilisa's mother
  • Sergei Troitsky   as   Boyar
  • Ivan Ryzhov   as   Head guard
  • Lev Lobov   as   Merchant
  • Au-Son-Hi   as   Tugar dancer
  • Khabibullo Abdurazakov   as   Polovtsian (uncredited)
  • Ivan Bondar   as   Gunsmith (uncredited)
  • Olga Lenskaya (uncredited)

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

  • Tugars

Gallery

Main article: Ilya Muromets (film)/Gallery.

Alternate titles

  • Iliya Murometz (alternate romanization)
  • The Sword and the Dragon (United States title)
  • Sword and the Dragon (United States advertising title)
  • Ilya Muromets: The Sword and the Dragon (Amazon Prime Video title)
  • The Epic Hero and the Beast (United Kingdom title)
  • Ilya the Brave: The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest (豪勇イリヤ 巨竜と魔王征服,   Gōyū Iriya: Kyoryū to Maō Seifuku, Japanese title)
  • Ilya Muromets: The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest (イリヤ・ムウロメツ 巨竜と魔王征服,   Iriya Mūrometsu: Kyoryū to Maō Seifuku, Japanese re-release title)
  • King Dragon's Counterattack: The War of the Demon Dragon (キング・ドラゴンの逆襲 魔竜大戦,   Kingu Doragon no Gyakushū: Maryū Taisen, Japanese VHS title)
  • The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest: Ilya Muromets (巨竜と魔王征服 イリヤ・ムーロメッツ,   Kyoryū to Maō Seifuku: Iriya Mūromettsu, Japanese DVD title)

Theatrical releases

  • Soviet Union - September 16, 1956
  • Finland - May 2, 1958; October 22, 1972 (re-release)
  • Hungary - August 21, 1958
  • Cambodia - January 7, 1959
  • East Germany - February 6, 1959
  • Japan - March 27, 1959; ≤June 3, 1989 (Soviet Science-Fiction Film Series)[4]
  • France - May 22, 1959
  • Sweden - September 21, 1959
  • West Germany - March 11, 1960
  • Argentina - April 20, 1960
  • Mexico - May 20, 1960
  • United States - 1960; 1964 (re-release)
  • China - September 18, 2021 (Beijing International Film Festival)

Foreign releases

Japanese release

Japanese Ilya Muromets poster

Ilya Muromets was released theatrically in Japan in 1959 by Shintoho, who retitled it Ilya the Brave: The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest. It was shown with Japanese subtitles in its original CinemaScope ratio, advertised as "SovietScope." In 1989, the film was rescreened in at least two theaters as part of the "Soviet Science-Fiction Film Series" event put on by the Mount Light Corporation. Under the title Ilya Muromets: The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest, it was shown twice a day from June 3 to June 9 at the Sanpord Apple Theater (now Dainana Art Theater) in Osaka,[4] and from June 24 to June 26 at the Ikebukero Bungeiza 2 in Tokyo.[5]

Tokuma Japan distributed the film on VHS in August 1990 under the title King Dragon's Counterattack: The War of the Demon Dragon.[6] It was retitled The Giant Dragon and the Demon King's Conquest: Ilya Muromets for its DVD release in April 2006.

United Kingdom release

U.S. release

Valiant Films initially released Ilya Muromets in the United States under the title The Sword and the Dragon in 1960. In the fall of 1959, Harris-Kubrick Pictures handled the dubbing of the film in Los Angeles at Ryder Sound Services and edited it at Consolidated Film Industries for its release.[7]

Video releases

United Home Video VHS (1987)

  • Tapes: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Notes: American version. The back cover claims a running time of 81 minutes.

Tokuma Japan VHS (1990)[6]

  • Tapes: 1
  • Audio: Russian (Mono, hi-fi audio)
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Notes: The back cover claims a running time of 91 minutes.

RUSCICO DVD (2004)

  • Region: 0
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Russian (Mono and Dolby 5.1), English, French, Arabic (all Dolby 5.1)
  • Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew, Swedish, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese
  • Special features: "K. Stolyarov: Remembering My Father" documentary, "The Fairy-Tale World of Alexander Ptushko" documentary, filmographies, photo album
  • Notes: Presented in its original Scope ratio. The back cover claims a running time of 94 minutes.

Close-up DVD (2006)

  • Region: 0
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Russian (Dolby 5.1 and 1.0)
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: Cropped to 16:9. The back cover claims a PAL running time of 89 minutes.

Deaf Crocodile Blu-ray (2022)

  • Region: A
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Russian (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special features: 26-page booklet including an introduction by Dennis Bartok and reprints of articles by director Aleksandr Ptushko and Alan Upchurch originally published in Video Watchdog, audio commentary by Stephen R. Bissette, restoration trailer (3:27)
  • Notes: Presented in its original Scope ratio. The limited edition (2,000 copies) of this release included a slipcover.

Videos

American trailer
Deaf Crocodile video trailer

Trivia

  • Aleksandr Ptushko directed another movie for Mosfilm based on a folk epic, Sampo. The film's 1962 Japanese dub was directed by Ishiro Honda of Godzilla fame.
  • The film was adapted into a comic in issue #1118 of the comic anthology series Four Color in 1960
  • The film was featured in a episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 under the title, "The Sword and the Dragon"

Notes

  1. ↑ Sometimes listed by its PAL runtime of 87 minutes.
  2. ↑ Ptushko is also sometimes said to have produced the film. The movie credits him only for "direction," though the Russian word used (постановка postanovka) could also be translated as "production."

References

This is a list of references for PedroNicola/Sandbox/Ilya Muromets. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Илья Муромец". Mosfilm. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Fenwick 2020, p. 105.
  3. ↑ Ozawa, Tomoi & Nakamura 2016, p. 95.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dainana Art Theater (29 April 2020). "【#休館日記】4/29(水) 街の映画館といえば、独自の"特集"もその魅力のひとつですよね。写真はアップルシアター時代のもの。営業再開したらどんな特集上映をしようかあれこれ考え中です！#懐かしポスター". Twitter.
  5. ↑ Co-Woynf6fqDzT6. "チラシ■1989年【ソビエトSF映画祭】[ C ランク ] 文芸坐2特集上映/不思議惑星キン・ザ・ザ/軌道からの帰還/イリヤ・ムウロメツ". Aucfan. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "キング・ドラゴンの逆襲　魔竜大戦". Tsutaya. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Fenwick 2020, pp. 105-107.

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Ilya Muromets (1956) credits

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The following is a transcript of the opening credits of Ilya Muromets in both Russian and English, as well as Video Yesteryear's DVD release of the film's American version, The Sword and the Dragon.

Ilya Muromets

Based on Russian folk epics —

Screenplay by

M. Kochneva


Directed by

Aleksandra Ptushko


Cameramen

F. Provorov
Y. Kun


Art director

E. Kumankov

Composer

Igor Morozov


Assistant director

D. Vyatich-Berezhnykh

Sound engineers:

M. Blyakhina
V. Bogdankevich

Script editor

I. Rostovtsev


Trick photography:

Art director
E. Svidetelev
Camera operators:
A. Renkov
B. Travkin

Costume designer

O. Kruchinina


Assistant cameraman

G. Tsekavyj

Edited by

M. Kuzmina

Makeup artist

I. Chechenina

Designer

V. Smirnov


Executive producer

G. Kuznetsov


Orchestra

Main Directorate for Film Production

Conductor

S. Sakharov


Cast:


Ilya Muromets
Boris Andreyev


Prince Vladimir
A. Abrikosov
Princess Apraksia
N. Medvedeva
Vassilisa
N. Myshkova
Sokolnichek
A. Shvorin


Mishatychka
S. Martinson
Dobrynya Nikitich
G. Dyomin
Alyosha Popovich
S. Stolyarov
Razumey
M. Pugovkin


Kasyan
V. Solovyov
Alyonushka
I. Arepina
Sbrodovich
V. Tyagushev
Plenchishche
N. Gladkov


Tsar Kalin
S. Burkhanov
Sartak
S. Jamanov
Nevruy
Ryskulov
Azvyak
S. Tyumenbaev


Tugaryan dancer
An Seong-hui


Produced by the Order of Lenin film studio

"Mosfilm"
1956

По мотивам русских народных былин —

Сценарий

M. Кочнева


Постановка

Александра Птушко


Операторы

Ф. Проворов
Ю. Кун


Художник

Е. Куманьков

Композитор

Игорь Морозов


Режиссёр

Д. Вятич-Бережных

Звукооператоры:

М. Бляхина
В. Богданкевич

Редактор

И. Ростовцев


Комбинированные съёмки:

художник
Е. Свидетелев
операторы:
А. Ренков
Б. Травкин

Художник костюмов

О. Кручинина


Второй оператор

Г. Цекавый

Монтаж

М. Кузьминой

Грим

И. Чеченина

Конструктор

В. Смирнов


Директор картины

Г. Кузнецов


Оркестр

Главного управления по производству фильмов

Дирижёр

С. Сахаров


В ролях:


Илья Муромец
Борис Андреев


Князь Владимир
А. Абрикосов
Княгиня Апраксия
Н. Медведева
Василиса
Н. Мышкова
Сокольничек
А. Шворин


Мишатычка
С. Мартинсон
Добрыня Никитич
Г. Дёмин
Алёша Попович
С. Столяров
Разумей
М. Пуговкин


Касьян
В. Соловьев
Алёнушка
И. Арепина
Сбродович
В. Тягушев
Пленчище
Н. Гладков


Калин-царь
Ш. Бурханов
Сартак
С. Джаманов
Неврюй
М. Рыскулов
Азвяк
Ш. Тюменбаев


Танец тугарянки исполняет
Ан Сон Хи


Производство ордена Ленина киностудии

„Мосфильм„
1956 год

The Sword and the Dragon

Joseph Harris and Sig Shore present


"THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON"


Starring

Boris Anoreyev
as Ilya Muromets


Written by

Mikhail Kochnev


Original music by

Igor Morozov


American version starring

Marvin Miller

Narrated by

Mike Wallace


Directed by

Aleksandor Ptushko

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