With its rich historical backdrop and the high-stakes conflict at its core, William Tell promises to be a powerful retelling ...

William Tell’s status as a folk hero makes his story kind of a Robin ... It's roughly as historically accurate as that Kevin Costner film too, very much leaning into a ‘print the legend’ view of ...

William Tell has been used by movements throughout history and adapted ... A scene that forms the beating heart at the centre of our film as well as Schiller’s play. A scene where every character in ...

Behind the most recent of these doors is the historical thriller William Tell, released in cinemas this week. The film sees Bang play the Swiss folk hero opposite Rafe Spall and Ben Kingsley ...

Writer-director Nick Hamm based William Tell on Friedrich Schiller’s 1804 drama, itself the source of Rossini’s opera. After a sluggish opening, in which Tell (Claes Bang), an ex-Crusader turned ...

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Written and directed by Nick Hamm (The Hole), William Tell is at least the fifth film to be based on German writer Friedrich Schiller’s 1804 play of the same name – itself based on centuries ...

Rudenz (Jonah Hauer-King), William Tell (Claes Bang), Suna (Golshifteh ... It was absolutely part of my decision to do the film. I’ve done a lot of baddies. When people recognise me [as "the ...

William Tell’s status as a folk hero makes his story ... It's roughly as historically accurate as that Kevin Costner film too, very much leaning into a ‘print the legend’ view of history ...

The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and clay head on the statue, thus completing it.

Protagonist William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless warlords.