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William Tell ( German: Wilhelm Tell, German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ) is a drama written by Friedrich Schiller in 1804. The story focuses on the legendary Swiss marksman William Tell as part of the greater Swiss struggle for independence from the Habsburg Empire in the early 14th century. Gioachino Rossini 's four-act opera ...
15 September 1958. ( 1958-09-15) –. 15 June 1959. ( 1959-06-15) The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States, the episodes aired on the syndicated NTA Film Network in 1958–1959. [1] William Tell is a folk hero of ...
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William Tell: Created by Friedrich Schiller. With Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers. Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
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The Adventures of William Tell - 1x01. The Swiss are subject to heavy taxes and cruel laws by the conquering Austrians and have to show respect to the Emperor's hat placed in each village. William Tell refuses and is arrested and hearing of his prowess with the crossbow Landburgher Gessler forces Tell to shoot at an apple on his son's head.
1 9 5 8 (UK) 39 x 25 minute episodes. The Adventures of William Tell was another of ITV’s all-action productions which, although aimed primarily at young audiences, built up an adult following too. It starred Conrad Phillips in the title role – loosely based on Johann Von Schiller’s tale about William Tell, an Alpine hero from the Swiss ...
William Tell ( German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow for apple shot and he who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of ...
Crossbow: Created by Anthony Horowitz, Friedrich Schiller. With Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Nick Brimble, David Barry Gray. In Switzerland in the 14th Century, William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler.
