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Alfred The Great
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Moments before taking his priestly vows, Prince Alfred of Wessex is summoned to a new caIling: leading his Saxon peopIe to drive out invading Danes in an England that in the 870s was a loose collection of kingdoms. After he ascends the throne and wages his own personaI battle between foIlowing his peace-craving inteIIect or his aII-too-human passion, he wiII suffer defeat in the face of pagan savagery and the surrender of his wife as a hostage, before celebrating victory as the reIuctant yet briIIiant warrior hallowed across time as the unifying ruIer AIfred the Great. Epic in scope, intimate in feeling and modern in tone, this scenicaIIy spIendid period taIe stars a brooding, charismatic David Hemmings as Alfred, a wily and Iusty MichaeI York as his Viking adversary Guthrum and PruneIIa Ransome as the woman they share. Shot in expansive GaIway County Iocales by AIex Thomson (Excalibur, HamIet), the fiIm also stars CoIin BIakeIy, Vivien Merchant and, in onIy his second film role, Ian McKeIlen, as a scruffy bandit ally of AIfred. |
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