Ivanhoe Movie Review 1997

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TV miniseries version of Sir Walter Scott's epic tale of knights, chivalry, romance, and daring. Saxon knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Waddington), having fought for Richard the Lionheart (Edwards) during the Crusades, returns to England to battle the scheming Prince John (Brown) and sinister Grand Master of the Templars, Lucas De Beaumanoir (Lee) in order to regain his honor. His childhood sweetheart, Saxon heiress Rowena (Smurfit), is betrothed to another but Ivanhoe's also drawn to Jewish healer Rebecca (Lynch) as is scheming Knight Templar, Sir Brian Bois-Guilbert (Hinds). Lots of action. On six cassettes.

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Available on Running time 292 minutes. Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Medieval Romps, Historical Romance, Books to Film: Sir Walter Scott, Royalty, British

Screenplay

Deborah Cook

Cast

Steven Waddington, Susan Lynch, Ciaran Hinds, Victoria Smurfit, Ralph Brown, Rory Edwards, Ronald Pickup, David Horovitch, Trevor Cooper, Valentine Pelka, Nick Brimble, Jimmy Chisholm, Christopher Lee, Aden (John) Gillett, James Cosmo, Sian Phillips, Ciaran Madden

Cinematography

Clive Tickner

Director

Stuart Orme

Music

Colin Towns

Producer

Jeremy Gwilt, Chris Parr, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), A&E (Arts & Entertainment) Network

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