The Keepers (1991)

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.

• First Air Date: 1991-04-13
• Last Air Date: 1991-04-14
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 2
• Network: Central Television USSR
• Director: Natalya Serebryakova
• Writer: Natalya Serebryakova