Time-traveling pilot crashes into Camelot, and Soviet cinema gets WEIRD with Mark Twain.
The plane of the American pilot Hank Morgan got lost in time. The pilot falls into temporary loop and finds himself at the era of the glorious King Arthur. Here he is destined to meet the legendary knights of the Round Table and the insidious Queen Morgana - the sister of the king, the beautiful Sandy and the wise Wizard. He will find himself in the rags of a slave and in knightly armor, to witness the greatness and death of the kingdom.
Production
Gloriously overstuffed Soviet fantasy excess.
Acting
Koltakov's bemused Yankee vs. Kaydanovskiy's smoldering Lancelot.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI Camelot built with sheer communist ambition.
Director
Viktor Gres
Sergey Koltakov
Hank Morgan
Albert Filozov
King Arthur / Merlin
Elena Finogeeva
Queen Ginevra
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Sir Lancelot
Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Queen Morgana
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Archbishop
Evdokiya Germanova
Sandy
Vladimir Soshalsky
Sir Sagramore
Mark Gres
Sir Mordred
Vladimir Kashpur
Slave-trader
Anatoli Stolbov
Abbot of Monastery
Oleksiy Horbunov
Minstrel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of the most expensive Soviet films ever made, and it shows in every overstuffed frame.
Released during perestroika, its American protagonist praising technology while Camelot crumbles reads as accidental Soviet self-own.
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