Film · Adventure, History, TV Movie
The Legend of Thyl (1977)
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.
- Director
- Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
- Writers
- Charles de Coster, Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Release date
- April 3, 1977
- Original title
- Легенда о Тиле
Cast
Lembit UlfsakTill Eulenspiegel
Natalya BelokhvostikovaNele
Evgeni LeonovLamme
Mikhail UlyanovClaes
Larisa MalevannayaSoetkin
Alla DemidovaKatheline
Anatoliy SolonitsynFishmonger
Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyCharles V
Nikolay Grabbejudge
Vladislav DvorzhetskyPhilip II
Evgeniy Evstigneevpriest
Vadim ZakharchenkoExecutioner
Leonid Iudovblind man
Vladimir KashpurSimon Praet
Igor LedogorovWilliam the Silent
Sergei TorkachevskyPompilius- Anatoli Yabbarovblind man
Igor Yasulovichblind man
Vera VasilevaKalleken
Oleg VidovAdmiral de Lumey
