The Talisman (film)

Movie
German title	The talisman
Original title	King Richard and the Crusaders
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1954
length	109 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	David Butler
script	John Twist
production	Henry Blanke
music	Max Steiner
camera	J. Peverell Marley
cut	Irene Morra
occupation
George Sanders : Richard the Lionheart Rex Harrison : Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin Virginia Mayo : Lady Edith Plantagenet Laurence Harvey : Sir Kenneth of Huntington Robert Douglas : Sir Giles Amaury Michael godfather : Konrad von Montferrat Paula Raymond : Queen Berengaria Lester Matthews : Archbishop of Tire Anthony Eustrel : Baron De Vaux Henry Corden : King Philip II. Wilton Graff : Leopold Duke of Austria Nick Cravat : Nectobanus

The Talisman (Original title: King Richard and the Crusaders ) is an American adventure film by David Butler from 1954, based on the novel The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott .

action

While Richard the Lionheart is on a crusade , his land is occupied by conspirators. Knight Kenneth is able to free the cousin of King Richard from the clutches of the conspirators. Together with him and his rival Saladin, Richard can defeat the conspirators and drive them from his country.

background

The film was finalized under the production title The Talisman , with an estimated budget of 3.2 million US dollars, by the production company Warner Bros. The film production was recorded in stereo and with an aspect ratio of 2.55: 1 on 35 mm film . The recordings were made in Ventura , Los Angeles (both in California ) and in Yuma ( Arizona ). The footage has a total length of 3,120.35 meters.

The film premiered in the United States on August 7, 1954. The film was released in West Germany on November 8th and in Austria from December 1954. In the United States, he grossed $ 2.1 million.

reception

The New York Times described the movie romance as "boring" and "absurd" . cinema gave a mediocre rating.

In 1978 the film critics Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss put the film on the list of the 50 worst films of all time.

Web links

• The talisman in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ King Richard and the Crusaders (1954). The New York Times , August 23, 1954, accessed November 7, 2014 . 
2. ↑ The talisman. cinema , accessed November 7, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Harry Medved, Randy Dreyfuss. The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way) . 1978, Warner Books. ISBN 0-445-04139-0 .