The Story of William Tell (1953)

Director:

Jack Cardiff

Writers:

John Dighton, Errol Flynn (outline),

Stars:

Errol Flynn, Waltraut Haas, Silvio Bagolini

Cast

Credited cast:
Errol Flynn	...	William Tell
Waltraut Haas	...	Mary
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Silvio Bagolini	...	Fritz
Mimo Billi	...	Karl
Bruce Cabot	...	Captain Jost
Mario Cianfanelli	...	Leo the Giant
Patrick Crean	...	Peasant
Dave Crowley
Checco Durante
Aldo Fabrizi
Franco Interlenghi	...	Hans
Guglielmo Leoncini	...	Bruno
Rodolfo Lodi	...	Eric
Antonella Lualdi	...	Anna Walden
Guido Martufi	...	Jemmy Tell

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

unfinished film | character name in title

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Genres:

Adventure | Short

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Details

Country:

UK Italy

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Wilhelm Tell

Company Credits

Production Co:

Errol Flynn Productions, Junior Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Village sets were to be built at Cinecitta Studios in Rome, but were eventually built on location in and around Courmayeur.

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Connections

Featured in The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

User Reviews

Snippets survive

Three weeks ago there was a special about the career of Errol Flynn on the TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE channel on cable television. They do have several brief scenes (lasting about a minute or so) that were from WILLIAM TELL, and appeared int he special. The scenes were in color, and at least one showed some action involving Flynn. But there is no sound track that has been found. The scenes were well shot, and appeared of some interest. What the entire film would have been like is still a mystery.

The only thing regarding WILLIAM TELL that people remember (when reading Flynn's memoirs, MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS) is the draining of cash flow went the backers dropped out, and how co-star Bruce Cabot had all the property belonging to Flynn, his wife Patrice Wymore, and their children seized, in lieu of his salary. This appears to be a true story (the special about Flynn mentioned it), and David Niven also took a shot at Cabot's reputation in BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES, but how completely true the story is, and how one sided our knowledge of the story is remains unexplained.