Highlights from the Soviet Lord of the Rings
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- I stumbled upon this recently rediscovered Soviet era Lord of the Rings film that was made for tv last night and I couldn't believe it lol. It has some of the most surreal shit I've ever seen in it so I decided to make a super cut of my favorite scenes. It's so creative, horrifying, and marvelously weird lol. I would totally buy a Blu-Ray of this with proper subtitles and a doc on the making of it if it ever comes out.
Here are links to watch the whole thing if ya like:
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Heres an article on it too:
www.theguardia...
I've never seen LOTR but I can see why it won 17 Oscars.
🔥😂 Underrated comment!😂😂😂
😅
Top notch stuff here
Be glad it won those many oscars because the one holding that record before that was Gigi 1958 movie. Now if you dont know anything about it... my suggestion. Dont watch it.
You don't need to speak the language when the acting is so damn good it speaks directly to your soul.
The best part was Smeagol going 'grrrrrr grrrrr grrrr'. 10/10 acting.
I thought he was pretending to be a car 🚗😂
They're taking the hobbits to Leningrad!
Altogether now:
Leningrad, Leningrad
They're taking the Hobbits to Leningrad!
Duum da da dum da da duuum!
Thank you for this beautiful comment.
More like to Kolyma...
This is my favorite comment on RUclips.
Congrats on the greatest comment of all time
this is what lord of the rings would have been like if frodo had dropped a heroic dose of acid before leaving the shire
"I put DMT in the pipeweed mr frodo sir" - Sam
thanks for the amazing idea!
I can’t wait to watch this... 😉
Tolkien on vodka
you are aware that your comment was cited in another RUclips video about Lord of the rings, right?
it's from 50 facts you didn't know about the Lord of the rings, on a chanel called the why. it's in the first minute or 2.
0:34 I think 90% budget came on this breathtaking CGI fireworks
Fireworks, the thing we can buy every year
😁😁😁
I didn’t realize that’s what those were supposed to be.😂
There was NO budget. No kidding.
Imagine being the producer of this, you're watching it one last time before it releases and you say to yourself "yep, this is good" with a satisfied smile
What amazed me is that there is only a 10 year gap between this and the Peter Jackson version 😂😂
Well which one do you prefer
@@hitzkooler15 I'll wait until the extended cut drops before I decide 😄
first 3 star wars movies were already on VHS
This was Russian so it was still 1960 in 1991
@@Ormagoden94 yeah otherwise this one would be comparable to Jacksons, its just missing a few hundred million dollars...and some actors...and less LSD
I like that Gandolf flaps along with the eagle
That's what that was?!
Me: I want The Lord of the Rings.
Mom: We have The Lord of the Rings at home.
The Lord of the Rings at home:
So accurate.
😂😂😂
Almost like Gen X Russian Kids in America problems.
at home? Nyet! At the bloc, comrade!
If David Lynch had directed Lord of the Rings this is what we would have got
How can I feel over stimulated AND underwhelmed at the same time?
My wife asks me the same question.
Just watch any Michael Bay picture. That’ll clear that paradox right up.
Welcome to Russia
I don't know, but I cannot comprehend someone being underwhelmed by this...
What a great time to be alive. This is the peek of cinema. I have read the book and watch the movies and I have no idea what is going on in most of these parts.
I am somewhat of a lotr nerd, listen to/read books regularly, including the lesser known titles, I watch movies at least once a year, and I have 0 idea what the fuck is happening in 90% of these scenes lmao
@@dackjaniels4203 well it's out of the context anyway, because those are only the highlights
Seriously? Most of it it pretty obvious. Or are you just pretending to be dumb on the Internet to look cool?
@@toddzombie8777 Pretty sure OP was just being relatable and pointing out what a train wreck it was. Not sure why you see the need to be such a dick about it. We’re all here to laugh at some bad filmmaking. Yeah, you can tell what most of it is but it’s the weirdest interpretation of it I ever saw. Go pet a puppy or something and calm the frick down.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Somebody needs to re-release these with english subtitles
But its mostly just sounds lol
I honestly don't know that it would make any more sense with subtitles which makes it all the more glorious
It’s basically word for word of what happens in the books
ruclips.net/video/Fg5jsKl3lbQ/видео.html
@@EmelyanovEgor thank you! But now I have to watch it all over again
Sauron : the rings is mine
Stalin : ours
Heh, you just haven't heard about Red padawan yet - fanfic about Darth Vader and Stalin's cooperation during WWII. Also I may recommend you The last ringbearer by Kirill Es'kov -the true story of the LOTR.
Exactly because either Sauron or Stalin starts in S and ends in N - LOTR was prohibited in USSR
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂
So you joke, but if you ever read "The Last Ringbearer" that's essentially the plot
As odd as it is, there's a real heart and charm to something so clearly made only out of fan-devotion and determination...
True
Lotr trilogy - smeagol transformed into gollum
Russian Lotr - smeagol transformed into jožin z bažin
Finnish version: Smeagol transformed into Klonkku and Aragorn.
Not even kidding, they're played by the same actor. 🤣
Sometimes I think, "The Internet can't get any weirder" and then the Internet says, "Hold my vodka."
*wodka
@@commandercaptain4664 wódka
Now imagine. This movie was made in 9 hours with nearly no money. And it's so cool!
That’s exactly what this seems like happened lol
I showed this to Sauron, and he said it's no longer his ring. It's now OUR ring.
comrade sauron master of industry
Well, the LOTR fandom now has its equivalent to the Star Wars Christmas special
Have you ever seen the Turkish Star Wars?
Where's the Tom Bombadil animated short? That was the bomb!
@@pscar1 dude, that's the real shit, I love that version
I was thinking the same damn thing lmao
Only unlike the Star Wars Holiday Special where Chewbacca’s dad has a wank over some suspicious intergalactic porn, none of the Hobbits decide to rub one out whilst staying in Rivendell.
I wonder if Ian McKellen studied this movie for his role as Gandalf
Not. The film was considered lost until two years ago.
He clearly played bilbo here.
I discovered this while my shoulder was injured and laughing was basically torture
This movie caused me so much pain
It's incredible how after all these years LOTR is still giving us meme material. This has to have subs, please russian speaker fellas, we need your help!
@@simpathetic1720 😅👍
It’d be funnier if you put up fake subtitles
Привет
Heh, if someone can retranslate a version of the Piter Jackson's LOTR with "Goblin's funny translation". With all the gags and wordplays... But it's too complicated.
ruclips.net/video/Fg5jsKl3lbQ/видео.html
The fireworks after he threw his cape aside.
Hahahaha this is pure gold.
Remains me of death bed the bed that eats
Holy shit...you’re right, it’s very much like death bed the bed that eats!
Tbh the hobbits are probably more age-accurate here than in Peter Jackson's 💀
This is exactly what I was thinking too 🤣 I hope the Amazon version (if it ever happens) does their ages right.
Soviet actors are the best actors because even if they don't understand what they are playing, they still deliver (an old joke my mother shared with me).
In Soviet Russia, mount doom comes to you.
That's how we travel.
@@SviatoslavKaverinit didn’t and was way off
There's something about this that I really dig, but it's unfortunate that they couldn't find a way to reconcile that their vision was larger than their budget. These guys needed a Roger Corman. Working with a lower budget demands a type of technical creativity.
Why is Gollum covered in lettuce.
Lambas juice.
I think that's deagol.
Give lettuce to us raw and wriggling?
10:41 Me and the boys tripping on an outdoor techno festival
😂😂😂
Them: Howard Shore music
Me: I want the real Lord-of-the-rings-music
Them: "where is a whip, there is a way!"
Me: I said, the real Lord-of-the-rings-music
Them: weird russian electro sounds
Me: Perfection
When borat does acid and decides to make a lord of the rings movie
2:37 you know you left that cabbage in the fridge too long when it starts growling at you
And laughing at you
I keep thinking that somewhere in the background, someone is saying:
"Our neighbors are at it again."
The sound design is legendary !
Still better than Rings of Power.
That was a lotta damage xd
Round one: K.O.
Xd
That was filmed in 91. The performance had no budget at all, so only those costumes and scenery that could be found in the storerooms were used.
It shows
Wow they even get budget Ian McKellen at 0:45.
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As Bilbo!
Fun fact: Stuart Townsend was replaced in this version too.
And thank the heavens
BURN
Yeah He was basicly top young for playing Aragon in this accurate movie
Bilbo casting was perfect. Dude truly looks like a Hobbit without any make-up. You can't tell me Jackson didn't rip off at least a little bit of this. And those Hobbit feet, maaaaan!!!
He didn't rip it off because he didn't know it existed. It was shown once on TV, and forgotten about. We only heard of the movies existence recently.
Lord of the Rings we deserve but not the one we need right now.
Your comment makes me concerned for the United States.
Goodness I want English subtitles to this so bad
You CAN get auto translate of the Auto-captions (on a desktop, not the RUclips App). It's pretty terrible, but it helps in places. At one point, "Sam! Sam!" is translated as "CCM"
ruclips.net/video/Fg5jsKl3lbQ/видео.html
Now the original 2 vids from the channel 5 are featuring the valid English subtitles.
The advertisements for this must have read : "Comrade Frodoski battles the Western Imperialist pig Sauron for control of Middle Earth"
Middle EAST*
8:22 Why didn't they use the pigeons to fly to Mordor?
So. Frodo has the red shrubmullet. His hobbit homies have the mutton chops. Aragorn is the generic Robert Pattinson. Boromir wears the flashy red cloak and the majestic mustache. Gandalf has the unopposed mullet. I can’t tell if Gimli was just cut out, or if he’s just another mutton chop guy.
Oh and Saruman is the pyrophile who has the oversized handcuff on his head.
The only crazier version is the Finnish one called "Hobitit", where Frodo is the tallest character in the series, Sam has the outrageous mullet, Aragorn and Gollum are played by the same actor, Boromir has a freaking katana, and Gimli and Legolas don't exist while Tom Bombadil gets a whole episode. Gandalf is normal, though!
@@poilaaliop I feel like that’s the right way to do it.
That was a tough time for Russia. Total poverty and chaos at all levels. Great unemployment. Many theatres were forced to closed. I read the interview with director of this film. She told that costumes they borrowed from other friendly theatres. From various theatrical performances like "Otello" etc. No one actor got money for this play. They did this because of sincere love to Tolkien's books and strong desire to make something about LOTR.
@@MrZinadin that’s wonderfully bittersweet. Tragic background but beautiful that art for the sake of art was so important to them. Hopepunk if ever there is any.
@Justyn Miller As someone who watched the whole thing I can confidently tell you that Gimli wears a red nightcap the entire time but has maybe two lines in total. Also the rest of them just straight up use him as a table at one point.
I can only assume that Mr Sideburns is Bilbo Baggins, he looks like Scrooge being visited by one of the three spirits of Christmas.
They taking the hobits to Stalingrad
😂😂😂😂😂 Such a wholesome comment
Someone make the song!
Lmfao 😂😂
I came here from reddit and I need more of this masterpiece.
Thank you, friend!! Check out the video description the links to the whole film are in there for sure 😎
If you haven't seen there is Finnish version of hobbit here on youtube
I heard about this during a work meeting. Just wish I knew Russian.
ruclips.net/video/Fg5jsKl3lbQ/видео.html
They: you can't do lotr on a $2 budget. Ussr: hold my acid
I am so thankful this exists.
Well, at least we get to see Tom Bombadil
And the Barrow Wight...
Still more entertaining than The Rings of Power.
What's Russian for "We have the Green Screen set, we are going to use the Green Screen set, deal with it"
1:03 is how I did magic as a kid
🤣
Russia has vast beautiful countryside yet they filmed it in a studio.
Their rendition of Denethor is actually spot on! Oh wait that's supposed to be Saruman
This is a masterpiece of acting, sound,and editing!
The sound effects during the Gollum scene though...
Gandalf escaping the Gulag circa 1970 (colorized) 08:23
this comment killed me, thank you xDDD
The Orc battle in the Chamber of Mazarbul is spectacular. Almost as amazing as the special effects for Gandalf on Gwaihir the Eagle.
Why does it feel like this will turn into porn at any moment?
I'm sure I've seen porn just like this
That soundtrack tho... this must have been during the disco in Moscow era, either that or they cut out the saucy bits
@@frida3578 You're thinking of Lord of the Cockring lmao
The end credits kinda looked like it said that, actually...
@@phoenixsixxrising I am too lool 😂😂😂 thanks for reminding me of this forgotten masterpiece
The fact that the narrator shows up on screen to stare or smoke for a few seconds
I kept expecting a Visage song to start playing at any moment.
That's exactly what I thought too...
9:37 I don't recall a cave-duck being part of the LOTR lore, but sure
There are darker and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of the world.
I honestly thought Peter Jackson’s version was not as good as this. Not only does this version hit all important plot points, it ends with the Soviet Monkees serenading us!
I was expecting sub-1984 Doctor Who,, and I got that, but it was also strangely affecting.
the one and only time I ever did acid I had lotr on in the background, I spent about 10 minutes laughing at a paused screen of gandalf’s smiling face. If there’s ever a second time, russian lotr needs to be on and I absolutely have to spend at least 30 minutes laughing at Gollum
grrrRrrRrRrRrr
I wonder what the people involved in making this thing thought of the final product. Assuming they actually watched it.
I played amateur theatre a few years ago and while I thoroughly enjoyed it, I can't look at recordings of it.
These actors might feel similar.
Fun fact: the actor, that played Gandalf here also played Dr. Livsey in soviet animation Treasure Island!
Да-да, Виктор Костецкий, сыгравший здесь Гендальфа так же озвучивал доктора Ливси в Острове Сокровищ!
Really ?
That's awesome!
@@OperatorMax1993 According to IMDB, he was in an earlier live-action adaptation from 1982. The actor from the 1988 animated film is still alive.
Yeah, Gandalf’s actor here passed in 2014. His voice sounds a lot like the narrator from the 1988 animated Treasure Island though
Does anyone else think this looks like it was filmed by the directors that made early black metal videos?
I don't think so
I could see it
I'll take it that you've seen quite a few early black metal music videos at one time.
A similar budget
No wonder Russia has the world's top science: "hey, what's on TV? This version of TLOTR. Nah... let's go build a new rocket."
Fuck knows how I ended up here, but thank Christ that I did. 10/10.
Will this soon be available on BluRay?
Need this shit on UHD Blu Ray. We need hdr to appreciate the original vision.
No, only on blyatray
16K disc or GTFO.
I'm holding out for the 4K master.
Someone said this was made in the 90s. Looks more like 1971
Ironically, there *was* a Lord of the Rings adaptation made in Sweden in 1971.
You should check out the original Witcher show from Poland, made in the early 2000s but looks straight out of the 80s.
1991 in USSR = 1971.
I'm surprised the BBC didn't get to it first.
@@commandercaptain4664 Licensing may have been an issue. Some of these foreign adaptations may have... ignored that part.
I was saved by the most powerful of mountain eagles, says Gandalf, flying on a strange bird, which seems to have been taken from a Soviet doll cartoon.
It is as if this came from an alternative universe where The Lord of the Rings was written by Nikolai Gogol.
I love how they say Mordor... but dayum. That was one chatty barrow-wight. Also, I can’t say I disagree with leaving that whole section out of the movies really, after this...
This thoroughly entertained me.
it's essentially a theater play but with 80s low budget sfx
4:12
BOMBADIL CONFIRMED
At least they included Tom Bombadil and Goldberry🤣!?
Really kind of digging the Mid-To-Late 60s Psychedelic Band music, mixed with Tangerine Dream-esque Electro Prog Rock. I wouldn't have thought those two musical choices would go together but even though this is hot garbage, I'd have bought the OST
I have a good news for you sir. The OST is exists indeed. The narrator who periodically interrupts film events is one of first Soviet rock musicians Andrey Romanov. He is the composer and song writer of all prog-rock songs that you have noticed in this film. He also was a leader of Russian folk-rock "Trilistnik" (Shamrock in eng) band. And all of these songs and even more were realised as ordinary LP under the name "Music of Middle-earth" in 1991. Here is the link to this album on youtube.
ruclips.net/video/TUcKewkhfl4/видео.html
@@MrZinadin Omg yes!! Thank you!
In Soviet union you dont throw One ring into cracks of doom, One ring throws you into cracks of doom
In the Soviet Union you take the Crack of Doom
Imagine watching this masterpiece on acid
Imagine watching this masterpiece is the equivalent of being on acid.
A myth exists that some soviet cartoon makers did their job using toxic paints... (psychedelic soviet cartoons).
It can be that they shared the stuff with someone else...
This is garbage..
I love it
I appreciate the production values straight out of HR Pufnstuf.
Still better than Rings of Power tho
Can't wait for the Soviet version of Harry Potter! And rumour says there's a Soviet remake of GoT somewhere out there... ;-)
That Soviet TV Show was shown once on TV lol that's not the real movie it's theatrical show on TV.
I consider myself a Tolkien enthusiast, but some of those scenes, I have genuinely no idea what they are supposed to represent, like what the hell is this 7:30 😶🤔... Is it Saruman ...??
It's like Jeremy Irons in the dungeons and dragons film level acting.
I thought it might be Denethor, but "Gandalf" does get imprisoned at the end so it's probably Saruman. I want the whole film with English subtitles! lol
I know, right.
I had immense difficulty trying to understand what was being depicted 90% of the time. 👍
Is Saruman
Yes it is.
The Finnish version is streets ahead of this!
I love the Lord of the Rings/Christmas Carol crossover 0:46
"Sergei, what this film needs is MORE mutton chops!"
Thank you for this. I started watching it the other day, but I really don't think I could have got through it all...
Я знаю что спектакль не идеален и могло быть лучше.Его просто слишком поздно начали снимать.
Но Питер Джексон в плане недостатков от нас не отстал.
После того как я ознакомилась с книгами ,я заметила все недочёты американской версии.
В эпоху "мемов и рофла" наш ВК выстрельнул удачно. На носу огромный провал сериала от Амазон и Хранители получат тонну "хайпа".
A mi me gustó...
If Tolkien wasn’t a devout Christian and instead with a devout taker of LSD this is probably what he would’ve written. I’m sorry but this is hysterical. I kept expecting it to turn into porno.
I love the soundtrack.....huh huh huh huh huh hah hah hah hah huauauau huh uh
We need English subtitles for this gem
ruclips.net/video/Fg5jsKl3lbQ/видео.html
Now the original 2 vids from the channel 5 are featuring the valid English subtitles.
What really gets me is the random upbeat music 😂 though in fairness that in itself is entirely accurate to Tolkien
The books are part Golden Age musical.
Honestly, just as a person who appreciates cinema history, the fact that the Soviet Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are not mentioned on the "Lord of the Rings Wiki" is kind of annoying; I've heard from plenty of people that Tolken's work was very popular in the USSR, not to mention the fact that the Soviet films were the first live action adaptations of both The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.
величайший советский фильм из когда-либо созданных.