Ludmila as wife to hold!
She is alive...
Her eyes I can see...
Ruslan!
My child is now restored to me!
Ruslan, you brought'er back to life,
She shall again become your wife!
Who was it that betrayed and
slew me?
Mine was the deed. Ruslan, pray
mercy!
Pardon, Vladimir, this man of
nought.
Beguiled was I, in sorcery's spell
When I did this dastardly deed so
fell.
Ludmila's hand to obtain I sought.
Begone, false knight that I abhor!
But I shall give my pardon to thee.
I banish you for evermore
To the far confines of this country.
Begone you knave of no prowess
Before the Prince changes his mind.
I fain would tan your fat behind
And throw you in a pool of cess.
Where is the dreadful Chernomor?
Without his beard his power is dead.
By putting bells and cap on his head
We'll make for us one jester more.
My friends, let there be feast and
song
To mark the victory of right over
wrong.
Then did the Prince in the palace
hall
Hold a wonderful feast for one
and all.
An honest tale of bygone days.
A legend of heroic ways.
Screenplay by A. PTUSHKO
with collaboration of S. BOLOTIN
Directed by Alexander PTUSHKO
Directors of Photography
I. GUELEIN, V. ZAKHAROV
Production Designer
Ye. SERGANOV
Costume Designer
O. KRUCHININA
Music by Tikhon KHRENNIKOV
Sound by I. URVANTSEV
Starring:
Valery KOZINETS as Ruslan
Natalya PETROVA as Ludmila
V. FYODOROV as Chernomor
M. KAPNIST-SERKO as Naina
N. KHRENNIKOVA as Young Naina
A. ABRIKOSOV as Prince Vladimir
I. YASULOVICH as Finn
V. NEVINNY as Farlaf
R. AKHMETOV as Ratmir
E. KIVI-ANTSON as Fisherwoman
S. MARTINSON, N. NIKOLAYEV,
Sh. GAZIEV as Foreign Ambassadors
A. KRYCHENKOV as Jester
V. NOSIK as Messenger
O. KHABALOV as Pecheneg Warlord
Yu. KIREYEV as Russian Warrior
The End