The Keepers (1991)


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 & Crew
- Director
- Natalya Serebryakova
- Bilbo Torbins Georgiy Shtil
- Gendalf Viktor Kostetsky
- Frodo Torbins Valeriy Dyachenko
- Sem Skrombi Vladimir Matveev
- Pin Krol Vadim Nikitin
- Merri Brendizayk Sergey Shelgunov
- Lyubeliya Lyakoshel Liliyan Malkina
- Tom Bombadil Sergei Parshin

Season 1
1991
2 episodes
Season 1 of The Keepers premiered on April 13, 1991
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Keywords
- based on novel or book