L'Inghilterra dei Tudor: Elisabetta I

Elisabetta d'Inghilterra

(Fire Over England)

1937, regia di William K. Howard

Scheda: Nazione: GB - Produzione: London Film Productions - Distribuzione: United Artists, Lumivision, Mander 1937 - Soggetto: da un racconto di A. E. W. Mason - Sceneggiatura: Clemence Dane, Sergei Nolbandov - Fotografia: James Wong Howe - Montaggio: Jack Dennis - Art Direction: Mm - Scenografia: Le - Costumi: René Hubert - Musiche: Richard Addinsell - Effetti speciali: Lawrence W. Butler, Edward Colman, Ned Mann - Formato: B.N. - Durata: 92'.

Cast: Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks, Morton Selten, Tamara Desni, Lyn Harding, George Thirlwell, Henry Oscar, Robert Rendel, Robert Newton, Donald Calthrop, Charles Carson, Francis De Wolff , Cecil Mainwaring, Roy Russell.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - kataweb.it - filmfilm.it - Dizionario Farinotti: «Il film non è, come suggerisce il titolo italiano, la biografia di Elisabetta d'Inghilterra, ma la storia di un suo fedele suddito che sventò un complotto ordito contro di lei dal re di Spagna Filippo II. Sono forse più memorabili i retroscena di questo film: Olivier e Vivien Leigh si innamorano sul set».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - dycks.com - nytimes.com - greencine.com - rottentomatoes.com: «Captured during a tempestuous sea battle with the Spanish navy, Michael Ingolby is allowed to escape by the Spanish commander, who happens to be an old friend of his father. He only makes it as far as the Spanish coast but survives when a sympathetic family takes him in and nurses him back to health. While recuperating, Michael learns that his father has been executed by the Spaniards. Devastated, he flees home to England in a rickety fishing boat and reports the news to Queen Elizabeth, urging her to attack Spain. Queen Elizabeth is impressed by the young man's patriotism and sends Michael back to Spain with orders to enter King Philip's court as a spy. Once here, he uncovers a plot to assassinate Elizabeth, but is eventually recognized by the Spaniards and imprisoned. Once again, with help from his captors, Michael escapes...».

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