Knyaz Igor

1969
1h 45m

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An adaptation into film of the opera by Alexander Borodin of the same name, in turn based on the poem "The Lay of Igor's Host".An adaptation into film of the opera by Alexander Borodin of the same name, in turn based on the poem "The Lay of Igor's Host".An adaptation into film of the opera by Alexander Borodin of the same name, in turn based on the poem "The Lay of Igor's Host".

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The English word Igor was originally Ihor with an H. The name Ihor was of the Norsemen who established Kievan Rus. Neither they nor the surrounding inhabitants were the ethnic Russians of today. The name Ihor became part of the native Ukrainian language. When the Norsemen migrated northeast into Belarus it also became part of the modern Russian language, as did the word Rus. But the Russian language has no sound like the English H, and it became pronounced G. This pronunciation became known in the Universal film character Igor the hunchback.

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8/10

Great movie-making, best opera realization on screen! Fun!

I've never had so much high-brow fun watching a movie. More operas should be made into movies. This was at its earthy best, and the Borodin music was just so right for story of more primitive times. It was sort of like a spaghetti western set to music, and I mean that in a good way. Think what some of the opera-composing greats could have done with "A Fistful Of Dollars" and you have some of the feel of this spectacle, though of course the story was far different. The acting wasn't all that great, but that isn't the most important aspect of an opera, even one put on film. The music, the passion, the spectacle, those are what I look for. I mean, this had Mongol hordes in full regalia, horses, horses and more horses. Much better than seeing it on a stage. This was a lot of fun to watch.