TV series
The Keepers
19911 season5.8 / 10
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Keepers premiered April 13, 1991. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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More about The Keepers
Cast
Georgiy ShtilBilbo Torbins
Viktor KostetskyGendalf
Valeriy DyachenkoFrodo Torbins
Vladimir MatveevSem Skrombi
Vadim NikitinPin Krol
Sergey ShelgunovMerri Brendizayk
Liliyan MalkinaLyubeliya Lyakoshel
Sergei ParshinTom BombadilCredits
- Written by
- Natalya Serebryakova, J. R. R. Tolkien
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 2
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Хранители
Networks & production
Central Television USSRRussia
Leningrad TelevisionRussia
Themes
based on novel or book