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Rare ‘Lord of the Rings’ adaptation discovered after 30 years

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The Guardian reports.Based on Tolkien’s first installment “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the 1991 film “Khraniteli,” which translates as something close to “guardians,” aired on Leningrad Television just once before it was presumed lost after the fall of Soviet Russia later that year.Made during a period of economic collapse in the USSR, the humble work serves as a time capsule of Soviet-style entertainment, marked by low-budget set design and special effects, and a soundtrack composed by Russian composer Andrei Romanov of rock band Akvarium.

Romanov can be heard during the film’s opening number, in which he sings of the lore the 20-total Rings of Power, including the One Ring which serves as the impetus for “Fellowship of the.

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