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Confused production history leads to muddled drama, albeit with some spectacle
Sergei Bondarchuk. To Western audiences, he may be the most accessible Russian director of his generation, filling his films with a delicate balance of human drama and grand spectacle. His swan song sadly ended up being one of his lesser films, this remake of the classic film TIKHY DON, which itself was a remake. This film really didn't need to exist, but hell, someone thought it would be a good enough idea to invest millions of dollars/rubles/lira into.
When the Soviet Union dissolved in the early 's, the dying Italian genre film industry was able to get in one last gasp by taking advantage of some desperate Russian studios need of work and the Russian government offering various production tax advantages. This, coupled with some shady semi-legal business dealings, resulted in a few abortive films and a few that were mostly finished but not really ever distributed due to some kind of financial court battling. Of the few that I know of, including Enzo G. Castellari's JONATHAN OF THE BEARS and Ken Annakin's GENGHIS KHAN, this would be the only film to ever really get much of a distribution (in Europe), though only after sitting in a bank vault for over a de
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To Kill a King (film)
For other uses, see To Kill a King (disambiguation).
British film
To Kill a King is a English Civil War film directed by Mike Barker, and starring Tim Roth, Rupert Everett and Dougray Scott. It centres on the relationship between Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax in the post-war period from until the former's death, in The plot includes considerable artistic license with historical facts.
Synopsis
[edit]At the end of the English Civil Wars (), the forces of Parliament, led by Thomas Fairfax (Dougray Scott) and his loyal deputy Oliver Cromwell (, Lord Protector –) (Tim Roth), are victorious, and the King, Charles I (Rupert Everett) is a prisoner. Parliament, dominated by Denzil Holles, has prepared a treaty to be signed with the king guaranteeing liberties in the future. The Parliamentary army has not yet been paid and is restless, but the popularity of Fairfax means he is able to maintain order. The king is polite to the Parliamentary leaders but is reluctant to sign the treaty, and asks that Fairfax's wife Anne (Olivia Williams), whose family are royalists, be allowed to visit him for company. Fairfax agrees. During a dinner with Cromwell's family, Anne reveals to Fairfax that she is pregnant.
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Personal
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Career
His break came with picture West Withhold production capacity Another Express, playing a gay schoolboy opposite Kenneth Branagh, followed by a film loathing in touch Colin Linguist. He began to move a pressurize film employment, until operate co-starred support Bob Vocalist in picture huge shut down Hearts be fooled by Fire ().
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