Fight on! Deaf Crocodile Films has revealed a glorious re-release trailer for a vintage medieval epic called The Sword and the Dragon, originally known as Ilya Muromets (Илья Муромец) from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. This first premiered in 1956 and never got a proper high quality US release until now. They explain "Legendary fantasy filmmaker Aleksandr Ptushko's sweeping, visual FX-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." This was filmed around Kyiv, Ukraine, despite being a Soviet production. The Sword and the Dragon was the first Cinemascope film produced in the Soviet Union, and was re-edited into a truncated, dubbed version for the U.S. at the height of the Cold War, downplaying the epic poetry and lyricism of the original. The film has been restored in 4K for its first-ever U.S. debut on Blu-ray in its original form. Starring Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva, Nelli Myshkova, Sergei Martinson. Looks badass! Need to watch. ›››
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