Friday 15 March 2013
TV 01 - The Flashing Blade
In a companion piece to my film viewing here is a trip down memory lane to the time when the children's TV schedule was dotted with series from other countries - although unfortunately badly dubbed.
Number one 'The Flashing Blade'
This serialisation appeared quite regularly during the summer holiday's back in the seventies. The plot was pretty much irrelevant. The important part was that there was a man with a sword who you could pretend to be later in the garden with a stick!
Originally from France 'Le chevalier Tempête' tells the story of François de Ricci during the 17th Century war between France and Spain. François was played by Robert Etcheverry but it’s his sidekick Guillot, played by Jacques Balutin, who links nicely to this blog as he also portrayed the Hotel Manger in 'What's New Pussycat?'
The theme song was called 'Fight' and was performed by a band called The Musketeers (now there's a coincidence!)
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Film 010 - Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Directed by - Wolfgang Becker
"The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!"
Film 009 - Amelie (2001)
Director - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
"One person can change your life forever"
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