The Author, i.e. J. R. R. Tolkien himself (played by Zinovij Gerdt), tells "his" story: the life of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and enjoyable hobbit, is turned upside down when he decides to join the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves in an attempt to regain a treasure stolen from the latter. [Soviet television movie adaptation of "The Hobbit"]
Director: Vladimir Latyshev
Screenplay: Evgeniy Veltistov, Tatyana Yakovleva
Director of Photography: Aleksandr Degtyarev
Bilbo Baggins
J. R. R. Tolkien
Gandalf
Torin
Balin
Valin
Kili
Fili