Robin Hood, the freedom hero

Movie
German title	Robin Hood, the freedom hero
Original title	A Challenge for Robin Hood
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1967
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	CM Pennington-Richards
script	Peter Bryan
production	Clifford Parkes , Michael Carreras
music	Gary Hughes
camera	Arthur Grant
cut	Chris Barnes
occupation
Barrie Ingham : Robin de Courtenay aka Robin Hood Peter Blythe : Sir Roger de Courtenay John Arnatt : Sheriff of Nottingham Gay Hamilton : Maid Marian / Lady Marian Fitzwarren John Gugolka : Stephen Fitzwarren James Hayter : Brother Tuck Eric Flynn : Alan-a-Dale Reg Lye : Much, son of the miller Leon Greene : Little John Douglas Mitchell : Will Scarlett Eric Woofe : Henry de Courtenay John Harvey : Wallace, Sir Rogers Squire Arthur Hewlett : Edwin, Castle Administrator John Graham : Justin, a guardian William Squire : Sir John de Courtenay Norman Mitchell : Coachman Alfie Bass : cake seller Donald Pickering : Sir Jamyl de Penitone

Robin Hood, the Freedom Hero (Original title: A Challenge for Robin Hood ) is a British adventure film from 1967 by CM Pennington-Richards . Peter Bryan wrote the script . It is based on the stories about the English legendary hero Robin Hood . It stars Barrie Ingham , John Arnatt , Gay Hamilton and James Hayter . The film first hit cinemas in July 1967 in Great Britain. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on February 9, 1968.

action

Robin de Courtenay is betrayed of his inheritance by his cousin Roger and has to flee to the woods of Sherwood with his brother Tuck, the priest and confessor of the Courtenay family . But although Robin (in this film!) Is of Norman descent, he can - not least thanks to his shooting skills - take on the leadership role of the rebellious Saxons under the name Robin Hood. The King of England, Richard the Lionheart , was captured on his return journey from a crusade in Germany , and the evil John rules the country, sucks it off and has all those who dislike him murdered. One of his helpers is the deceitful Sheriff of Nottingham . Robin frees the captured Lady Marion Fitzwarren, the cousin is killed and the greedy sheriff has to flee. In the end, Robin and Marian become a couple. But the fight against the wrong authorities continues until King Richard returns home.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films succinctly notes that the work is a "refreshingly staged historical adventure with witty dialogues". The Protestant film observer also comes to a positive verdict: “An entertaining adventure film of good quality. Riding, fencing and archery and last but not least the jokes of Brother Tuck let the audience go along with this light fare and enjoy themselves. For friends of the genre from the age of 12. "The Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon draws the following conclusion:" Unusual plot twists make this coat-and-sword film one of the most exciting variants of all Robin Hood films. "

Web links

• Robin Hood, the hero of freedom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
• Review of the film with detailed information on the plot at Robinhood.Wikia
• German synchronization
• Movie poster on filmposter-archiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 102/1968, p. 95
2. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3136.
3. ↑ Robin Hood, the freedom hero ( memento from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon