A feature film based on the poem was produced in the Soviet Union in 1972, directed by Aleksandr Ptushko and starring Valeri Kozinets and Natalya Petrova as the title characters. Other film versions include a 1915 silent produced by the Russian production company Khanzhonkov, directed by Ladislas Starevich, and a 1996 made-for-TV version based on Glinka's opera, directed by Hans Hulscher and produced by NHK. As well, the 1938 black and white film of the same name. An animated adaptation appears as The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Ludmila.