Ivanhoe (1982) Desdichado, Sam Neill, Anthony Andrews

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Best dramatization of Ivanhoe ever: 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. Sir Walter Scott ... " As far as could be judged of a man sheathed in ...