Having recently divested herself of a boyfriend whose pretty face concealed for a time his dud personality, Eddi McCandry no doubt intended to focus on mundane goals, like finding or assembling a new band. Getting drafted into a war between fairy courts was not on the to-do list, not least because as far as Eddi knew, fairies are the stuff of, well, fairy tales.
But the fairies believe in Eddi. They believe her music could be a powerful weapon in their ongoing struggle. The Seelie Court reaches out to recruit Eddi, deploying all the charm one might expect of entities with a shaky grasp of human nature and customs.
The Keepers) is based on the first novel in the Tolkien trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, but while readers may recognise the plot and the characters, this weirdly psychedelic Soviet reimagining is a very different experience from Peter Jackson’s epic film version a decade later.
To find out just how different, we spoke to Irina Nazarova, a Russian artist who saw Khraniteli when it first came out and was familiar with the arts scene which inspired it in Leningrad (Russia’s second city, now known again as St Petersburg)…
So how was your viewing experience this weekend?
Like all my friends, I felt shock and pity… It really was laughter through tears. Actually this was more about the fading away of the USSR than any adventures in Middle Earth [the imaginary world where the action unfolds in The Lord of the Rings].
Russia s Long-Lost Lord of the Rings TV Movie Resurfaces on YouTube
Russia s Long-Lost Lord of the Rings TV Movie Resurfaces on YouTube
A long-forgotten adaptation of Lord of the Rings has been rediscovered and is now available to watch on YouTube.
Rejoice.
Lord of the Rings fans, especially ones who happen to be fluent in Russian, have a relic of the past to enjoy. A made-for-TV movie that originally aired on Soviet TV in the 90s has resurfaced online and is now available to watch for free on YouTube. The movie had long been lost to time but was recently uploaded, making it widely available for the first time in decades.
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In 1991, a
Khraniteliaired on Soviet television. By all accounts, it’s the only
Lord of the Rings adaptation made in the Soviet Union – and it was also thought to be lost forever. However, much like the One Ring itself, the Soviet
Lord of the Rings TV movie has resurfaced – on YouTube. It’s a charmingly low-budgeted affair, looking more like a TV game show than a J. R. R. Tolkien adaptation, and you can watch it in full below.
Soviet Lord of the Rings TV Movie Part 1
Soviet Lord of the Rings TV Movie Part 2
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