For many, it can be hard to acknowledge any adaptation of The Lord of the Rings apart from the Peter Jackson trilogy. For others, nothing will ever compare to the original works of J.R.R. Tolkien (and understandably so). However, there was one adaptation of Tolkien’s Middle-earth adventure that managed to adapt The Fellowship of the Ring in a way that Jackson was unwilling to pursue himself. If you’ve never heard of Khraniteli, it’s probably because this Soviet-made miniseries (which translates to Guardians [of the Ring]) never aired in America. Despite that, this Russian Lord of the Rings is a trip that wasn’t afraid to adapt one of the most controversial portions of Tolkien’s original high-fantasy adventure.
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