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Khraniteli () is a Soviet television play miniseries based on Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. It was broadcast once in 1991 by Leningrad Television and then thought lost before being rediscovered in 2021. It includes scenes of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry that were omitted from the 1978 film and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Key facts

Television.image
Khraniteli Хранители title screen.png
Television.alt
Title screen from the teleplay
Television.caption
Title screen of the first part
Television.native_name
Хранители
Television.based_on
The Fellowship of the Ring
Television.writer
Natalya Serebryakova
Television.story
J. R. R. Tolkien
Television.director
Natalya Serebryakova, Costel Tudor Voica
Television.narrator
Andrei Romanov
Television.music
Andrei Romanov
Television.country
Soviet Union
Television.language
Russian
Television.producer
Larisa Lebedeva
Television.cinematography
Anatoliy Korinetskiy
Television.runtime
115 minutes (2 episodes)
Television.company
Leningrad Television

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
television film
Country of origin
Soviet Union
Original language
Russian
Duration
115
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number of episodes
2
title
Хранители
publication date
1991-04-13
original broadcaster
Petersburg – Channel 5
set in environment
fictional country
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Background
  • Production
  • Plot
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Reception
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Khraniteli () is a Soviet television play miniseries based on Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. It was broadcast once in 1991 by Leningrad Television and then thought lost before being rediscovered in 2021. It includes scenes of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry that were omitted from the 1978 film and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

== Background ==

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