The War Lord (1965)
Directed by Franklin
J. Schaffner this film based on the play “The Lovers” stars
Charlton Heston, Rosemary Forsyth and Richard Boone. A Norman lord
takes charge of a village here he falls in love with the finance of
one of his peasants.
The premise of this
film is the lord having the right to spend the first night with any
virgin bride has little basis in history and that is more than likely
not the only historical inaccuracy here. As a piece of mindless
entertainment this film is not too bad and it does tend slightly more
towards realism than other films made at the same time set in
Medieval periods. At times the production values are a little wobbly
but they do hold up fairly well.
2/5
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