The Legend of Thyl

Overview

Based on the novel by Charles de Coster "The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere." First part: "The Ashes of Claes". XVI century. The freedom-loving and cheerful people of the Netherlands under the rule of the Spanish king: persecution, torture, bonfires of the Inquisition, encouraging scammers. The fearless Thyl Uhlenshpiegel and his faithful girlfriend Nele have to go through many trials. Second part: "Viva Beggars!". The people of the Netherlands, tormented by cruel royal decrees, taxes, heresy, torture and executions, began a war of liberation against Spanish rule. Many feats will be performed by the national hero Tilbert (Thyl) Ulenspiegel and his friend Lamme Gudzak before peace returns to their homeland.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 3, 1977

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Chetvyortoe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie

Cast

Lembit Ulfsak,Natalya Belokhvostikova,Evgeni Leonov,Mikhail Ulyanov,Larisa Malevannaya,Alla Demidova,Anatoliy Solonitsyn,Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy,Nikolay Grabbe,Vladislav Dvorzhetskyand 35 more

Director

Aleksandr Alov,Vladimir Naumov

Writer

Charles de Coster,Aleksandr Alov,Vladimir Naumov,Nina Skuybina,M. Mertsalova

Producer

Semyon Mindich

Cinematography

Valentin Zheleznyakov

Music

Nikolay Karetnikov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0074784