Ruslan and Lyudmila

On her wedding day Lyudmila, the beautiful princess of Kiev, is kidnapped. Her new husband Ruslan and his three former rivals Rogday, Farlaf and Ratmir set on separate journeys to try and find her. Ruslan meets a good wizard who tells him that Lyudmila has been kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Chernomor. During his quest to find the sorcerer, Ruslan is forced into a battle with his jealous rival Rogday and kills him. A short while after, Ruslan meets a giant Head on a battlefield and defeats it in a battle. The Head tells Ruslan that all of Chernomor’s power is contained in his long beard and gives Ruslan a sword to cut it off. When Ruslan arrives at Chernomor’s castle they battle for two days and Ruslan manages to slice off the beard. Ruslan carries the unconscious Ludmila back to Kiev. But on the way back he meets treacherous Farlaf who plunges a sword into Ruslan at night, leaving him to die. Farlaf brings Lyudmila back to her father. Meanwhile the city of Kiev is besieged by enemies. Revived by a good wizard, Ruslan saves the city. He then goes to his bride-to-be and awakens her with a magic ring. Ruslan and Lyudmila are together again and live happily ever after.