The shrill and tragic story about an event that involved Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. In an infantry regiment of the military based in the Tula region an offence occurs. In this regiment, the capital’s lieutenant Grigory Kolokoltsev — inspired by progressive ideas — does his service. A military tribunal and execution await the soldier charged with the offence. Kolokoltsev asks Count Tolstoy for help — and he decides to protect the innocent man. The pointed history about the complexity of choice and fidelity to one’s ideals is based on real events.
Adaptación de la famosa novela de Tolkien, con un carácter claramente familiar e infantil. Cuenta con la narración del personaje de Tolkien. Smaug y las arañas son marionetas. No aparecen Elrond, Beorn, elfos ni trolls. Los trasgos y los habitantes de Ciudad del Lago son interpretados por bailarines de la Academia de Opera y Ballet de Leningrado
