The Keepers

Overview

Soviet live-action film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, aired once in 1991 by Leningrad Television and then thought lost. It was rediscovered in 2021. It includes scenes of Tom Bombadil and the Barrow-wight omitted from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Cast

Georgiy Shtil

Bilbo Torbins

Viktor Kostetsky

Gendalf

Valeriy Dyachenko

Frodo Torbins

Vladimir Matveev

Sem Skrombi

Vadim Nikitin

Pin Krol

Sergey Shelgunov

Merri Brendizayk

Liliyan Malkina

Lyubeliya Lyakoshel

Sergei Parshin

Tom Bombadil

Regina Lialeikite

Zolotinka

Viktor Smirnov

Gorlum