Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Cristi_Ciopron 'He spoke truly, Ilya Muromets …'.The beauties of the Russian land, Russian choruses, a true folkloric content, and a pair of trousers jokingly sent as a signal to the Russians' enemies.This adaptation consists of snippets, bits, small scenes of the Russian legend.In the idyllic love scenes, Ilya Muromets is as convincing as Oliver Hardy at his funniest.It must be acknowledged that THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON (what sword?—which dragon ?) is far from perfect; as a matter of fact, it's very clumsy and primitive.Muromets' exploits have a propaganda—style, bombastic and grandiloquent tone, celebratory of a Soviet hero, and sometimes plainly stupid (see his reasoning when he bravely chooses the way that leads to death, over wealth and marriage).The budget seems to have been appropriately big.For those interested in folklore, fairy tales, children's movie, fantasy movies, sword and sorcery movies, THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON is worth watching.

bensonmum2 Reading through the various user comments on IMDb for The Sword and the Dragon (the title I saw the film under) I notice words like surreal, bizarre, goofy, ridiculous, wacky, and weird. I can understand how someone might use each of these adjectives to describe the movie. As I watched, I might have been tempted to use any one of these words at various times. But unfortunately, one word you won't see me use is "entertaining". The style of the movie did not appeal to me in the least. The Sword and the Dragon seemed to be filled with such broad overacting that it became absurd. I realize that the movie was made over 50 years ago in the Soviet Union. I understand that the movie is filled with messages and other pro-worker propaganda. And I appreciate the importance of the film as a relic of the communist system. But none of that means I have to actually like the movie.So overall, while I appreciate the opportunity to see something as different and unique as The Sword and the Dragon, I'm not in any hurry to rush out and create a fan club. Interesting? – Yes. Entertaining? - No.I saw The Sword and the Dragon courtesy of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I've heard such good things about all of the Russo-Finnish films that I was excited to give this one a chance. Sadly, it didn't live-up to the hype. The comedy too often is directed at the obvious - making fun of a different culture. In the end, I'll rate this episode a 3/5 on my MST3K rating scale.

InzyWimzy This russian movie is so weird trippy kooky. I love that!As much as I loathe dubbing, sword and the dragon in english just makes you realize a huge chunk was lost in translation. Why is Ilja stuck on the throne? What's the deal with the flag in the barrel? The ominous Tugars (love that name!) cause havoc and what was Ilja's plan anyway: let's close our eyes and pray we're lucky?? Oh, and the coincidence of meeting Falcon would've been better if he stuck a sword through him and then saw the ring! Goofy fun that goes well with jugs of Stolichnaya.I've seen this with Mike and the Bots and it's hilarious. I'm sure in its original russian, the movie makes much more sense. But the dub, it's crazy goofy!

jeffery-8 I first saw this movie when I was about 12. Most recently I saw it on MST3000 and was appalled that they were making fun of it. It has some laughable moments and the quality of the print and the dubbing was poor even when I was 12 (and the movie was only 7). But the movie has some truly incredible scenes in it (the bad guy riding his horse to the top of hill made of the living bodies of his soldiers) and has a lot of content for a serious student of cinematic techniques.