''Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe'' (russian: Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго) is a 1983

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, based on the 1819 novel ''

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting ...

'' by

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. It reached the 9th place in Soviet box office distribution of 1983 with 28.4 million viewers.

Plot

Production

The filming took place in Khotyn Fortress and Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. The movie features songs originally written and performed by

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

for the 1975 Soviet film '' The Arrows of Robin Hood'', but removed from the latter for political reasons.

Cast

* Tamara Akulova as ''Lady Rowena'' * Peteris Gaudins as ''

'' *

Boris Khimichev Boris Petrovich Khimichev (russian: Борис Петрович Химичев; 12 January 1933 – 14 September 2014) was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre ...

as ''Brian De Bois-Guilbert'' *

Leonid Kulagin Leonid Nikolaevich Kulagin (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Кула́гин; born 1940) is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). Selected filmography *1967 — Beginning ...

as ''Cedric the Saxon'' * Romualds Ancans as ''

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'' *

Boris Khmelnitsky Boris Alexandrovich Khmelnitsky (russian: Борис Александрович Хмельницкий; born on 27 June 1940 in Ussuriysk, died on 16 February 2008 in Moscow) was a Russian theatre and movie actor. Biography He worked many years ...

as ''

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'' * Yuri Smirnov as ''Friar Tuck'' *

Aleksandr Filippenko Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (russian: links=no, Александр Георгиевич Филиппенко; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (2000). Biography He was born in Moscow. His pare ...

as ''Wamba'' * Vitautas Tomkus as ''Reginald Front-de-Boeuf'' *

Algimantas Masiulis Algimantas Masiulis (July 10, 1931 Surdegis, Anykščiai District Municipality — August 19, 2008, Kaunas, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian film and theatre actor. Biography Masiulis appeared in his first play in the autumn of 1948, in '' School ...

as '' Prince John'' * Nikolai Dupak as ''Prior Aymer'' *

Maya Bulgakova Maya Grigoryevna Bulgakova (russian: Ма́йя Григо́рьевна Булга́кова; 19 May 19327 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She was one of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976). Biography Bulgakova was born on 1 ...

as ''Ulrica'' * Oleg Fedulov as ''Knight'' *

Vladimir Talashko Volodymyr Dmytrovych Talashko ( uk, Володимир Дмитрович Талашко) is a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. Organizer Leonid Bykov Foundation. People's Artist of Ukraine (2002). Biography Vladimir Talashko was born March 6, 19 ...

as ''Messenger'' * Grigory Lyampe as ''Isaac''

External links

* * 1983 films 1983 drama films Films based on Ivanhoe 1980s Russian-language films 1980s historical adventure films Mosfilm films The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Soviet historical adventure films Films shot in Ukraine {{1980s-drama-film-stub