Ivanhoe

Titolo originale: Ivanhoe
Regia: Richard Thorpe |
Anno: 1952
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Romance Storia
Tag: epic | countryside | based on novel or book | crusade | castle | robin hood | richard the lionheart | sword fight | battlefield | knight | tournament | historical fiction | king | jousting | medieval | witch trial | peplum | ivanhoe | warrior | jester | saxons | 12th century | templar | normans |
Cast: Robert Taylor | Elizabeth Taylor | Joan Fontaine | George Sanders | Emlyn Williams | Robert Douglas | Finlay Currie | Felix Aylmer | Francis de Wolff | Norman Wooland | Basil Sydney | Harold Warrender | Patrick Holt | Roderick Lovell | Sebastian Cabot | John Ruddock | Michael Brennan | Megs Jenkins | Valentine Dyall | Lionel Harris | Carl Jaffe | Guy Rolfe |

Dopo aver preso parte alla Terza crociata, re Riccardo Cuor di leone sulla via del ritorno dalla Terra santa viene fatto prigioniero da Leopoldo, duca d'Austria. Il sassone Wilfred d'Ivanhoe, tornato in patria con l'impegno di trovare il riscatto con cui liberare il re, deve guardarsi dalle insidie dell'usurpatore Giovanni Senza Terra e dei suoi alleati normanni, capeggiati da Brian di Bois-Guilbert. Nel torneo che lo vede sfidare da solo quattro normanni, esce vincitore ma ferito e l'ebrea Rebecca, figlia del ricco Isacco, si prende cura di lui. Bois-Guilbert, fomentato da Giovanni, rapisce sir Cedric (padre di Ivanhoe), Isacco, Rebecca e Rowena, fidanzata di Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe si offre come ostaggio per liberare suo padre e viene fatto prigioniero ma troverà aiuto nei ribelli di sir Locksley e nella comunità ebraica. I fedeli di Riccardo assaltano il castello e Bois-Guilbert riesce a fuggire trascinando con sé Rebecca.

Errori

Knights are wearing conical helms. These did not appear until about 1300. A century earlier - the pe [...] D
Chainmail hoods covering the shoulders were introduced around the beginning of the 14th century. Bef [...] D
The letter of King Richard, which the illiterate Ivanhoe cannot read, is written in 20th-century Eng [...] D
During the fire at the castle where Ivanhoe and his father and Squire are held captive, one of the s [...] D
Characters are shown eating turkey during the feast in Ivanhoe's father's hall. Turkeys are indigeno [...] D
The opening credits feature a coat of arms of England supported on the dexter by a lion and a unicor [...] D
During the final battle, despite audible reactions from the crowd, the characters seen sitting behin [...] D
A pointed chapeau (a 'Robin Hood Hat') is worn by Ivanhoe in the opening scenes, set in the early 11 [...] D
When the letter given to Ivanhoe by King Richard is first shown; there are various creases in it. Ho [...] D
When Locksley starts his attack on the castle, his men are swimming the moat, pulling across a float [...] D
In the final sequence, apparently Cedric is able to go to Austria and the king is able to reach Engl [...] D
The shields in this film are made of metal, and the heraldic charges are painted flat - commonplace [...] D
The knights' surcoats and horse bards should be of silk. D
There is no such language as 'Austrian'. People living in modern-day Austria speak German; Richard m [...] D
The female characters should be wearing long decorated belts. D
During the fight in the dungeon, a zipper on the back of Cedric's costume can be seen. D
The knights' helms in the tournament sequence are all plain metal. In reality they were painted in a [...] D
Cloth horse bards (or housings) always covered the horses' tails. D
The flat-topped helmets worn by the knights under their mail coifs were worn over them, as in La leg [...] D