Ivanhoe (1982) "A Champion", Olivia Hussey, Anthony Andrews

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'Fiat voluntas tua' James Mason is outstanding as Isaac of York, and Olivia Hussey's Rebecca is authentic. One of the strengths of this film was, to my mind, the triumvirate of villains Bois-Guilbert, de Bracy, and Front de Boeuf. Sam Neill is brilliant as the knight torn between his order and his obsession with a "Jewess heathen", and Stuart Wilson shines in the supporting role of the besotted de Bracy. Scott, writing 700 years after the time of his story, is not afflicted by the same ...