While fans of of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary excursions to Middle Earth are anticipating Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series, they’re no doubt aware of Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, which spanned from 2001 until 2003.
In fact, fans may even be aware of earlier effort, a 1978 animated feature from “Fritz the Cat” director Ralph Bakshi. However, what isn’t widely known is that there was another screen adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings”, a 1991 version made for Russian television during the waning days of the Soviet Union.
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