The Hobbit (Russian: Хо́ббит, tr. Khóbbit, full title The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again; Russian: Ска́зочное путеше́ствие ми́стера Би́льбо Бе́ггинса, Хо́ббита, че́рез ди́кий край, чёрный лес, за тума́нные го́ры. Туда́ и обра́тно, tr. Skázochnoye puteshéstviye místera Bíl'bo Bégginsa, Khóbbita, chérez díky kray, chyorny les, za tumánnye góry. Tudá i obrátno) is a 1985 Soviet television play, being a loose adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 book The Hobbit[1][2] by Vladimir Latyshev.[3]
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The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again | |
Directed by | Vladimir Latyshev |
Written by | Tamara Yakovleva |
Based on | The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien |
Starring | Anatoly Ravikovich Ivan Krasko Igor Dmitriev |
Narrated by | Zinovy Gerdt |
Cinematography | Aleksandr Degterev |
Music by | Vladislav Uspensky [ru] |
Production company | Lentelefilm |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The play featured Zinovy Gerdt as "the professor" (a narrator stand-in for Tolkien), Mikhail Danilov [ru] as Bilbo Baggins, Anatoly Ravikovich as Thorin Oakenshield and Igor Dmitriev as Gollum. Smaug and the Mirkwood spiders were portrayed by puppets. Missing in this version are the trolls, Elrond, Beorn and the wood-elves. The goblins are human-like with little makeup, and were portrayed by dancers from the Leningrad State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, as are the inhabitants of Lake Town.
The play was shot in 1984[4] as a teleplay and produced in the framework of the children's TV series Tale after Tale (Russian: Сказка за сказкой) aired at the Leningrad TV Channel in the 1980s and the 1990s.[5] It has also appeared on DVD, although the TV and DVD versions each contain material that the other does not.[6] No subtitles were included, but fan-made subtitles have since appeared.
The film exists in at least two official versions, in each of which there are episodes that appear only in that version. The timing of the versions differs by 50 seconds.
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