Story of movie The Hobbit 1985 Film : The Hobbit (Russian: ???????, tr. Khóbbit, full name 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: ?????????? ???????????? ???????? ??????? ?????????, ????????, ?????? ?????? ????, ?????? ???, ?? ????????? ?????. ????? ? ????????, tr. Skázochnoye puteshéstviye místera Bíl'bo Bégginsa, Khóbbita, chérez díky kray, chyorny les, za tumánnye góry. Tudá i obrátno) is a 1985 Soviet low-budget children's film, being a loose adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 book The Hobbit by Vladimir Latyshev.
| The Hobbit | |
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Bilbo encounters Gollum | |
| Directed by | Vladimir Latyshev |
| Based on | The Hobbit (1937 book) |
| Starring | Anatoly Ravikovich Ivan Krasko Igor Dmitriev |
| Narrated by | Zinovy Gerdt |
| Music by | Vladislav Uspensky |
Production company | Lentelefilm |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The film featured Zinovy Gerdt as "the professor" (a narrator stand-in for Tolkien), Mikhail Danilov 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 film was shot in 1984 as a teleplay and produced in the framework of the children's TV series Tale after Tale (Russian: ?????? ?? ???????) aired at the Leningrad TV Channel in the 1980s and the 1990s. It has also appeared on DVD, although both the TV and the DVD version contain some material that the other one doesn't. No subtitles were included, but fan made subtitles have since appeared.
Screenplay
- Zinovy Gerdt – narrator (John R. R. Tolkien)
- Mikhail Danilov – Bilbo Baggins
- Ivan Krasko – Gandalf
- Igor Dmitriev – Gollum
- Anatoly Ravikovich – Thorin Oakenshield
- Georgy Korolchuk – Kíli
- Mikhail Kuznetsov – Fíli
- Alexey Kozhevnikov – Balin
- Nikolai Gavrilov – Dwalin
- Kirill Dateshidze – Dori
- Vladimir Kozlov – Nori
- Oleg Levakov – Ori
- Yuri Zatravkin – Glóin
- Vladimir Lelyotko – Óin
- Mikhail Khrabrov – Bofur
- Yuri Ovsyanko – Bifur
- Alexander Isakov – Bombur
- Boris Sokolov – Bard the Bowman
- Alexei Cukanov – dragon Smaug
- Vladimir Martianov – spider (voice)
- Igor Muravyov – spider (voice)
- Mikhail Matveyev – leader of the goblins
- Leonard Sekirin – goblin
- Alexander Slanksnis – goblin
The film exists in at least two official versions, in each of which there are episodes that fall only in this version. Timing versions differ by 50 seconds.
The film was made specifically for the children's audience, therefore it does not contain scenes of violence, cruelty, tough talk, and other canonical features of the original J. R. R. Tolkien's story. Due to the budget cuts it doesn't contain scenes of magic and special effects either, it features purely the actors' play.
- Adaptations of The Hobbit
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