The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe

The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983)

Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго

Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favor with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart. The story is set in 1194, after the failure of the Third Crusade, when many of the Crusaders were still returning to their homes in Europe. King Richard, who had been captured by Leopold of Austria on his return journey to England, was believed to still be in captivity.

Date of release
1983-05-23
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Adventure
Director
Sergei Tarasov

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ivanhoe

Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe is a 1983 Soviet adventure film, based on the 1819 novel Ivanhoe by Walter Scott. It reached the 9th place in Soviet box office distribution of 1983 with 28.4 million viewers.

Production

The filming took place in Khotyn Fortress and Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. The movie features songs originally written and performed by Vladimir Vysotsky for the 1975 Soviet film The Arrows of Robin Hood, but removed from the latter for political reasons.

The selection of dogs for the film was carried out by Igor Levin (now known as Daniel Levin after immigrating to the United States). Igor Levin, a science teacher and a respected dog judge in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, was recommended to Mosfilm by the Chernivtsi Service Dog Club and the Chernivtsi Hunting Club for his expertise. To ensure historical accuracy, he advised that hunting dogs be used.

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