The Russian Hobbit Movie is Weirder Than You Think (Part 2/2)

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After watching the 1991 Russian Lord of the Rings adaptation, the logical next step was the Russian Hobbit (Хоббит). But not only am I looking at the Soviet Hobbit, I also look at the Finnish Lord of the Rings adaptation Hobitit.

I watched the whole Russian Hobbit movie (with English subtitles, thankfully) and Hobitit (Finnish LOTR) to bring you this deep dive into this bizarre and mostly forgotten piece of Tolkien history.

This video, like The Hobbit Trilogy itself, is unnecessarily split into three parts. The first part looks at the comments on my Russian LOTR video. Part two is my overall reaction to the Russian Hobbit movie and some general observations about the film. Part three is where I’ll walk you through the best moments in the Russian Hobbit because trust me, there are some great ones.

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Watch Part One here: The Russian Lord of the Rings is Weirder Thank You Think:    • The Russian Lord of the Rings is Weir...  

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00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Part 0 (Finnish LOTR / Hobitit reaction and comments)
04:25 – Part 1 (Comments on the Russian LOTR video)
06:25 – Part 2 (General observations on the Russian Hobbit)
14:29 – Part 3 (Best moments from the Russian Hobbit movie)

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SOURCES

I used the original, higher quality version of the Russian Hobbit available from Channel 5 here (Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо Беггинса Хоббита) –    • Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо ...  

I used this video as the source for the Russian Hobbit’s English subtitles, and used the odd clip from it (Хоббит El hobbit The Hobbit USSR 1985 REAL English subtitles) -    • Хоббит  El hobbit  The Hobbit USSR 19...  

OTHER SOURCES

Mikhail Belomlinsky’s Russian Hobbit illustrations: https://viola.bz/the-first-illustrato...

First Animated Hobbit - directed by Gene Deitch, produced by Rembrandt Films -    • First Animated Hobbit - directed by G...  

Leonard Nimoy: The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins -    • Leonard Nimoy: The Ballad of Bilbo Ba...  

Сказка за сказкой. Принцесса на горошине - 1982 - СССР (Ленинградское телевидение) (Tale after Tale footage) -    • Сказка за сказкой. Принцесса на горош...  

Баллада о славном Бильбо Бэггинсе (Russian news footage of Hobbit play) -    • Баллада о славном Бильбо Бэггинсе  

Ivan Krasko interview https://www.culture.ru/movies/1857/sk...