King on Horseback
1958 · 1h 22m · N/A
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Georges Lampin
Overview
Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a brilliant feat, he is awarded a title by King Louis XV, the Duke of Saint-Sever takes offense at it and challenges Henri to a duel. However, while they fight, a group of Austrian soldiers appear suddenly and the two rivals instantly unite to repel their enemies. Unfortunately, Saint-Sever is mortally wounded and, feeling he is about to die, he entreats his new friend to offer protection to Toinon, his natural daughter, whose life is being threatened...
Director and cast
- Georges Lampin Director
- Jean Marais as Henri La Tour
- Nadja Tiller as Mirabelle
- Eleonora Rossi Drago as La comtesse Malvina d'Amalfi
- Cathia Caro as Antoinette 'Toinon' de Saint-Sever
- Liliane Bert as Duchesse de Châteauroux
- Robert Dalban as Barberin dit Joli Coeur
- Paul-Émile Deiber as Le duc Philippe de Saint Sever
- Raoul Delfosse as Bravaccio
- Christian Duvaleix as Passelacet
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Pierrot
More films
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction · PG
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Cast
- Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen
Donkey Skin (1970)
Comedy · Fantasy · Music · Romance · G
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Jacques Demy
- Cast
- Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy (1966)
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy · N/A
Siegfried of Xanten snatches the Nibelung treasure from the king of the underworld and slays the dragon Fafnir, whose blood makes him invulnerable. Siegfried falls in love with Kriemhild, the sister of the Burgundian king. But only if Siegfried helps Gunther marry Brunhild will he be allowed to marry Kriemhild. He fulfills this conditi...
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Director
- Harald Reinl
- Cast
- Uwe Beyer, Karin Dor, Maria Marlow
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 (1967)
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy · N/A
Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen, and has been revenged by his foul murder by Hagen, more bloody revenge is inevitable. Hagen steals the Nibelungen-treasure to sink it in the stream and manages to kill Alberich and seize his invisibility-cap. Queen Kriemhild is packed o...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Harald Reinl
- Cast
- Maria Marlow, Herbert Lom, Karin Dor
Prince Valiant (1997)
Adventure · Fantasy · PG-13
An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to secure the aid of King Arthur in helping restore his family to power and prevent a plot by the Black Knight.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Director
- Anthony Hickox
- Cast
- Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members