A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 7 nominations total
Francis De Wolff
- Front De Boeuf
- (as Francis DeWolff)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt the beginning, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is looking for King Richard I by singing until he finds the King. This is historically accurate, with the exception that the singer was a minstrel called Blondel. When Leopold of Austria captured King Richard I, Blondel went around to all of the castles singing King Richard's favorite song. (One story had it that King Richard actually co-wrote the song.) When he heard King Richard join in the chorus, he went home and told the Normans where King Richard was.
- GoofsCharacters are shown eating turkey during the feast in Ivanhoe's father's hall. Turkeys are indigenous to North America and were not known in England in the 12th century.
- Quotes
Rebecca: My heart is breaking, Father.
Isaac of York: My heart broke long ago. But it serves me still.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksThe Song of Ivanhoe
(1952) (uncredited)
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Lyrics by Marguerite Roberts
Sung by Robert Taylor and Norman Wooland
Featured review
The basic plot:Ivanhoe tries to restore the throne to Richard the Lionhearted and away from his Evil brother John,who isn't very cool about that idea.
The praise:A big,glamorous,technicolor,adventure movie,(this is one of those films that's a movie,not a film).Suspenseful,action -packed plot has romance in terms of the jewish Rebbeca(Elizabeth Taylor),with thick jewish eyebrows,and the Lady Rowena(Joan Fontaine),a blonde.Just the right mix of perfectly staged ,suspenseful,action-packed raids,battles,jousts and trials,combined with romance,comic-relief, and Ivanhoe(Robert Taylor) himself. Miles of on location scenery.
The flaws:Too minor to quibble about.
The praise:A big,glamorous,technicolor,adventure movie,(this is one of those films that's a movie,not a film).Suspenseful,action -packed plot has romance in terms of the jewish Rebbeca(Elizabeth Taylor),with thick jewish eyebrows,and the Lady Rowena(Joan Fontaine),a blonde.Just the right mix of perfectly staged ,suspenseful,action-packed raids,battles,jousts and trials,combined with romance,comic-relief, and Ivanhoe(Robert Taylor) himself. Miles of on location scenery.
The flaws:Too minor to quibble about.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
- Filming locations
- MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: interiors and exteriors: Torquilstone Castle and lists at Ashby La Zouche)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,842,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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