The Sword and the Dragon
Eye-Filling Spectacle! Man Against Monsters! The Largest Cast Ever Used in a Motion Picture! A cast of 106,000! 11,000 horses!
Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic elixir that restores him to full health, Ilya begins an adventure to protect the village and the royal family from harm.
- Year: 1956
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
- Studio: Mosfilm
- Keyword: treasure, corruption, magic, slavery, dragon, fire breathing, sword and sorcery
- Director: Aleksandr Ptushko
- Cast: Boris Andreyev, Ninel Myshkova, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Georgi Demin, Sergei Stolyarov