The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe

Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (Russian: Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго, romanized: Ballada o doblestnom rytsare Ayvengo) 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.

Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
Russian poster
Directed by	Sergei Tarasov
Written by	Leonid Nekhoroshev Walter Scott (novel)
Starring	Tamara Akulova Peteris Gaudins Boris Khimichev Leonid Kulagin Romualds Ancans Boris Khmelnitsky
Cinematography	Roman Veseler
Music by	Igor Kantyukov
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1982 (1982)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

12th century, England. The Knight Commander of the Order of the Templars, Brian de Boisguillebert, rides up to the night fire, near which the Saxon feudal lord Cedric of Rotherwood has settled with his retinue and niece Lady Rowena. Cedric gives him a place near the fire, as well as an approaching pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land. During the conversation between Cedric and Boisguillebert, it turns out that both of them are going to the tournament in Ashby. Boisguillebert talks about his participation in the Crusade and boasts that the Templars were the strongest in the army of the Crusaders. The pilgrim objects and tells of three knights who defeated the Templars in the tournament. The pilgrim names two, but says that he does not remember the name of the third. Then Boisguillebert admits that the knight defeated him, and the knight is called Ivanhoe, who is also the son of Cedric. Boisguillebert declares that next time he will definitely defeat Ivanhoe.

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.

Cast

• Tamara Akulova as Lady Rowena
• Peteris Gaudins as Ivanhoe
• Boris Khimichev as Brian De Bois-Guilbert
• Leonid Kulagin as Cedric the Saxon
• Romualds Ancans as Richard the Lionheart
• Boris Khmelnitsky as Robin Hood
• Yuri Smirnov as Friar Tuck
• Aleksandr Filippenko as Wamba
• Vitautas Tomkus as Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
• Algimantas Masiulis as Prince John
• Nikolay Dupak as Prior Aymer
• Maya Bulgakova as Ulrica
• Oleg Fedulov as Knight
• Vladimir Talashko as Messenger
• Grigory Lyampe as Isaac

External links

• The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe at IMDb
• The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe at AllMovie