The Lord of the Rings

Fantasy...beyond your imagination.

6.619782h 12m

Released

Adventure

Animation

Fantasy

Overview

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.

StatusReleased

Release Date1978-11-15

Runtime2h 12m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaSpain

Budget$4,000,000

Revenue$30,477,175

Keywords

mission

based on novel or book

Videos

1 total

Trailer

The Lord of the Rings (animated 1978)

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Cast & Crew

Christopher Guard

as Frodo (voice)

William Squire

as Gandalf (voice)

Michael Scholes

as Sam (voice)

John Hurt

as Aragorn (voice)

Simon Chandler

as Merry (voice)

Dominic Guard

as Pippin (voice)

Michael Graham Cox

as Boromir (voice)

Anthony Daniels

as Legolas (voice)

David Buck

as Gimli (voice)

Norman Bird

as Bilbo (voice)

Reviews

RealZero

Apr 30, 2026

6/10

I actually liked this one more than I assumed from the few things I had seen about it before. Seeing it independent of the Jackson Lord of the Rings movies: First off, being adapted from the books, the story and characters are classic and quite nice. Of course, considering they put two of three LotR book into just about two hours, there's a lot …

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