For a folk hero whose story is seldom told in 21st-century pop culture, William Tell was surely blessed with a great name. It ...

In 14th Century Switzerland, a once peaceful hunter leads his people to rebellion after his family and country are threatened by a tyrannical Austrian King. The year is 1307 and the Holy Roman ...

Like many who grew up in the ’90s, I have a fondness for period epics. So when I saw the description of William Tell while ...

So it was reassuring, he says, to be asked to play Swiss folk hero William Tell. Everyone knows one thing about Tell: he managed to shoot an apple off the top of his son’s head. The story is ...

A 'William Tell' circus act went disastrously wrong when a performer trying to shoot an apple off his wife's head hit her in the face instead. Last night Cathy Jamet, of French celebrity double ...

The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century amidst the days of the Holy Roman Empire where Europe's nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land, encroach upon ...

Heading up an expansively starry cast in William Tell, he takes the title role of this rousing action adventure from The Hole director Nick Hamm. "It's a bit Braveheart," Bang offers. "Everybody ...

War-weary warrior returns: Claes Bang plays 14th-century master archer William Tell. Photo / Crossbow Films Limited; Marieke Macklon ...