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Writers:
John Collier (writer)
Millard Kaufman (writer)
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Release Date:
17 November 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Plot:
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Makes the middle ages so real you can smell them more (31 total)

Cast

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Charlton Heston ... Chrysagon

Richard Boone ... Bors
Rosemary Forsyth ... Bronwyn
Maurice Evans ... Priest
Guy Stockwell ... Draco
Niall MacGinnis ... Odins
James Farentino ... Marc

Henry Wilcoxon ... Frisian Prince
Sammy Ross ... Volc

Woodrow Parfrey ... Piet
John Alderson ... Holbracht

Allen Jaffe ... Tybald
Michael Conrad ... Rainault
Dal Jenkins ... Dirck
Johnny Jensen ... Boy Prince
Forrest Wood ... Chrysagon Man
Belle Mitchell ... Old Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Frees ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner  (as Franklin S. Schaffner)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Collier  writer
Millard Kaufman  writer
Leslie Stevens  play "The Lovers"

Produced by
Walter Seltzer .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jerome Moross 
Hans J. Salter 
 
Cinematography by
Russell Metty 
 
Film Editing by
Folmar Blangsted 
 
Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead 
Alexander Golitzen 
 
Set Decoration by
Oliver Emert 
John McCarthy Jr. 
 
Costume Design by
Vittorio Nino Novarese 
 
Makeup Department
Larry Germain .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Norman Deming .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Canutt .... action sequences director
Douglas Green .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Jim Danforth .... prop maker (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
William Russell .... sound
Waldon O. Watson .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock .... matte supervisor
Jim Danforth .... model maker (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Joe Canutt .... stunt coordinator
Joe Canutt .... stunts
Hal Needham .... stunts
Jerry Brown .... stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney .... stunts (uncredited)
John Epper .... stunts (uncredited)
Stephanie Epper .... stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper .... stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth .... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron .... stunts (uncredited)
George Orrison .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr. .... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon .... stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard .... stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Kent .... electrician (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Eliot Elisofon .... color consultant
 
Music Department
Joseph Gershenson .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Frank Khoury .... driver (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Ray Berwick .... bird trainer
Vittorio Nino Novarese .... technical advisor
Kenny Williams .... choreographer: fertiltiy routine
 
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Runtime:
France:122 min | USA:123 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16 (nf)
Filming Locations:
Colusa County, California, USA more
Company:
Court Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Michael Conrad's dialog was dubbed by (probably) Paul Frees. more
Quotes:
Draco: This place has the dimensions of heresy. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in La bande du Drugstore (2002) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Makes the middle ages so real you can smell them, 22 April 2001
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Author: krilljp from Pennsylvania

This movie portrays feudalism in Europe in a very unglamorous light. Nobody is happy, from the lord in the castle (Crisagon, played by Charlton Heston sporting a dark-ages soup-bowl haircut) to the peasants he governs. Even Crisagon's exercise of his feudal rights when a peasant girl marries doesn't cheer him up very much or very long, since it leads to lots of trouble. The movie has lots of little touches that seem realistic: Crisagon's dedication to the duke who enfoeffed him and his simple faith; the peasants' mix of Christianity and Druidism, the motley armor and gear Crisagon's men have, and many others. The end of the movie was out of sync with these other bits, because I don't see how catapults could have been moved cross-country so fast, or why anyone thought catapults would be useful against the beseigers instead of against the besieged tower.

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