Il principe e il povero

Titolo originale: The Prince and the Pauper
Regia: Richard Fleischer |
Anno: 1977
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Avventura
Tag: sword fight |
Cast: Mark Lester | Oliver Reed | Charlton Heston | David Hemmings | Ernest Borgnine | George C. Scott | Harry Andrews | Raquel Welch | Rex Harrison | Sybil Danning | Julian Orchard | Murray Melvin | Lalla Ward | Felicity Dean | Graham Stark | Preston Lockwood | Arthur Hewlett | Tommy Wright | Harry Fowler | Richard Hurndall | Dan Meaden | Tyrone Cassidy | Don Henderson | Sydney Bromley | Ruth Madoc | Dudley Sutton | Roy Evans | William Lawford | Peter O'Farrell | Anthony Sharp | Peter Cellier | Andrew Lodge | Igor de Savitch | Dervis Ward | Michael Ripper | Jacques Le Carpentier |

Per sfuggire alle guardie che lo inseguono il ladruncolo Tom Canty si infila nella cappa di un camino e di lì cade nella stanza del principe di Galles, Edoardo, figlio di Enrico VIII. A corte si dà un ballo mascherato e, poichè gli somiglia come una goccia d'acqua, il principe propone al furfante uno scambio di vestiti. Per un tiro del destino accade che Edoardo, scambiato per un vero pezzente, venga scacciato dalla reggia, e che Tom, malgrado dica la verità sul proprio conto, prenda il suo posto. Da quel giorno, mentre Tom assaporerà i piaceri che danno la ricchezza e il potere, ma capirà anche come sia difficile governare, il povero Edoardo scoprirà l'esistenza di un mondo fatto di povertà e di ingiustizie. Dopo molte avventure, però, i due giovani riprenderanno i loro relativi ruoli: Edoardo sarà incoronato re, ma Tom resterà al suo fianco come consigliere.

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Mark Lester's last acting role. He gave up acting due to the film's poor reception. It was widely ru [...] D
I will set down a tale ... it may be history it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happe [...] D
Oliver Reed, Murray Melvin, and Dudley Sutton appeared in Ken Russell's I diavoli (1971). D
Charlton Heston worked on the film for two weeks. D
Felicity Dean's debut. D
The last non-special-event movie to play Radio City Music Hall in New York City. D
This movie's failure was largely blamed on the casting of Mark Lester, who, at eighteen, was nine ye [...] D
Charlton Heston, born 1923, was aged approximately fifty-three to fifty-four at the time of producti [...] D
Leif Garrett was intended for the dual roles of Edward and Tom before Mark Lester was cast. D
Filmed in the UK and in Hungary. D
Alternative film title is The Prince and the pauper. D
A drunken Oliver Reed brought a prostitute as a gift for Mark Lester to celebrate his birthday on Ju [...] D
The film takes place from January 26 to February 20, 1547. D
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Garter, and Earl Marshal of England (1473 - 1554), [...] D
Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, and Sybil Danning also appeared together in two previous [...] D
The cast includes four Oscar winners: Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Charlton Heston and Rex Harr [...] D
In his 1995 autobiography "In the Arena" Charlton Heston wrote that sadly Mark Lester was not up to [...] D
Ronald Lacey was cast in this movie, but was replaced. D
Oliver Reed and Mark Lester appeared in Oliver! (1968). D
Rex Harrison deliberately avoided his Il tormento e l'estasi (1965) co-star Charlton Heston during f [...] D
Attempts by Ernest Borgnine to affect a lower class English accent were unsuccessful, so in most sce [...] D
This was Rex Harrison's first film since Quei due (1969) eight years earlier. D
Although playing a nine-year-old, Mark Lester was actually eighteen at the time of filming. D

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