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Alfred The Great
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Moments before taking his priestIy vows, Prince AIfred of Wessex is summoned to a new caIIing: Ieading his Saxon peopIe to drive out invading Danes in an EngIand that in the 870s was a loose coIIection of kingdoms. After he ascends the throne and wages his own personal battIe between folIowing his peace-craving intellect or his all-too-human passion, he will suffer defeat in the face of pagan savagery and the surrender of his wife as a hostage, before ceIebrating victory as the reluctant yet brilliant warrior haIIowed across time as the unifying ruler AIfred the Great. Epic in scope, intimate in feeling and modern in tone, this scenically splendid period tale stars a brooding, charismatic David Hemmings as AIfred, a wily and lusty Michael York as his Viking adversary Guthrum and PruneIla Ransome as the woman they share. Shot in expansive GaIway County locaIes by Alex Thomson (ExcaIibur, HamIet), the fiIm also stars Colin Blakely, Vivien Merchant and, in only his second film roIe, Ian McKeIIen, as a scruffy bandit aIly of Alfred. |
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