The Knights of the Round Table
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Knights of the Round Table |
| Original title | Knights of the Round Table |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Thorpe |
| script |
Talbot Jennings Jan Lustig Noel Langley |
| production | Pandro S. Berman / MGM |
| music | Miklós Rózsa |
| camera |
Freddie Young Stephen Dade |
| cut | Frank Clarke |
| occupation | |
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The Knights of the Round Table (Original title: Knights of the Round Table ) is a US-American - British feature film from 1953 . The film was based loosely on Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory .
action
The film tells the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table . Arthur created an empire of good around his Camelot court . The king is popular and trusted by his subjects. His closest confidante is the knight Lancelot . However, Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, the future queen and wife of King Arthur . When the evil Mordred finds out, who also lays claim to the throne as the husband of Arthur's half-sister Morgan le Fay , he uses this knowledge to destroy Camelot and the kingdom of King Arthur. The battle for the throne of Britain begins and Lancelot helps Arthur save the empire, with Arthur and Mordred losing their lives.
background
The knight film - MGM's first production using the then revolutionary Cinemascope wide-screen method - is the second part of the knight trilogy by the trio of Pandro S. Bermann (production), Richard Thorpe (director) and Robert Taylor (male lead). It illuminates the beginnings of chivalry, while the predecessor Ivanhoe - The Black Knight (1952) dealt with the climax and the successor Love, Death and the Devil (1955) with the end of this medieval era. All three films were shot in the MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood near London, and the gigantic castle backdrop that had been set up for Ivanhoe was used again for the Knights of the Round Table .
Reviews
“Specialists in medieval literature will of course tear their hair out about this lavish, prominent Hollywood film adaptation of the Arthurian legend. Apart from that, the film is a technically brilliant piece of entertainment cinema, which provides amusement with a lot of knight romance, nobility and the tumult of battle and has a lot to offer visually. "
Awards
The film received an invitation to compete at the 1954 Cannes International Film Festival . In 1954 he was nominated for an Oscar in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Sound.
publication
The Knights of the Round Table premiered on December 22, 1953. In the Federal Republic of Germany , it opened in cinemas on December 17, 1954. In the GDR it was first broadcast on television on February 21, 1986 on DFF 1 . The work was released on video on August 22, 2002 , and on DVD on January 13, 2006 (Warner Bros. Entertainment).
Soundtrack
- Miklós Rózsa : Knights of the Round Table. Original motion picture soundtrack . Part 1 of the 2-CD set Knights of the Round Table / The King's Thief . FSM Golden Age Classics. Turner / Rhino / Film Score Monthly, Burbank, Culver City, etc. a. 2003, audio carrier no. FSM Vol. 6 No. 7 - digitally restored original recording of the complete film music (stereo) by the MGM Studio Orchestra under the direction of the composer
Web links
- The Knights of the Round Table in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Knights of the Round Table in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for The Knights of the Round Table . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2005 (PDF; test number: 80 86D DVD).
- ↑ a b The Knights of the Round Table. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 22, 2018 .
- ↑ The Knights of the Round Table. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on September 22, 2018 .
- ↑ The Knights of the Round Table. In: dvd-forum.at. Retrieved September 22, 2018 .