Actors: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Ivanhoe (1952)
While King Richard is in a prison in Germany after the crusades, a loyal Saxon knight, disowned by his father for following the Norman king, returns home to raise the ransom for the king, reconcile himself with his father, Marry his love, and protect the weak and downtrodden. Meanwhile, there's this lovely Jewish girl...
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Ivanhoe (1952)
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- politicians
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- building
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 2 (a little)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to rescue
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
