The Sword and the Dragon (Илья Муромец) 68 years old
Eye-Filling Spectacle! Man Against Monsters! The Largest Cast Ever Used in a Motion Picture! A cast of 106,000! 11,000 horses!
Legendary fantasy filmmaker Aleksandr Ptushko’s sweeping, visual F/X-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. Based on one of the most famous byliny (oral epics) in Kievan Rus’ culture, the film stars Boris Andreyev as the bogatyr (knight) Ilya, waging a decades-long battle against the Tugars who threaten his homeland, kidnap his wife and raise his own son to fight against him.
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The Sword and the Dragon Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Andreyev He was 45, 67 years old when he died | as Ilya Muromets |
| Mikhail Pugovkin He was 37, 85 years old when he died | as Razumets |
| Sergei Stolyarov He was 49, 58 years old when he died | as Aljoscha Popovich |
| Iya Arepina She was 30, 73 years old when she died | as Alicia, Alexei's girl |
| Andrei Abrikosov He was 54, 66 years old when he died | as Prince Vladimir |
| Sergei Martinson He was 61, 85 years old when he died | as Mishatychka |
| Aleksandr Shvorin He was 24, 62 years old when he died | as Sokolnichek |
| Ninel Myshkova She was 34, 77 years old when she died | as Vasilisa |
The Sword and the Dragon Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Verna Fields as Additional Editing. She was 42 (64) years old when She died | Editing |
| Yevgeni Svidetelev as Special Effects. | Crew |
| Igor Morozov as Original Music Composer. He was 28 (now 35) years old | Sound |
| Aleksandr Ptushko as Director. He was 60 (72) years old when He died | Directing |
| Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh as Producer. He was 30 (67) years old when He died | Production |
| Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh as Writer. He was 30 (67) years old when He died | Writing |
| Mikhail Kochnev as Writer. He was 41 (59) years old when He died | Writing |
The Sword and the Dragon (68 years)
Eye-Filling Spectacle! Man Against Monsters! The Largest Cast Ever Used in a Motion Picture! A cast of 106,000! 11,000 horses!
- Release day: Sunday, September 09, 1956
- Runtime: 91 minutes