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Movie I remember, but not the title. - Elkhound - 11-20-2015
I'm trying to remember the name of a movie I saw a long time ago. I can remember most of the plot, and I can see the characters in my mind (although I can't put a name to any of the actors):
In Midaeval Europe, a young man in a monastery is about to take his final vows. He's born royal, but minor royal---youngest son of the king's youngest son. However, a messenger comes with news of a disaster--sickness, war, earthquake, or something--that has wiped out most of the royal family; the young man is either now king or at least the heir presumptive. The rest of the movie was about his trying to reconcile his duty as a prince with his religious vocation.
I don't remember if at the end he tracked down another blood relative in favor of whom he could abdicate, or if he decided that running the kingdom could be a valid form of service to God.
Does that seem familiar in any way to you?
RE: Movie I remember, but not the title. - jsgrimm45 - 12-01-2015
(11-20-2015, 06:42 AM)Elkhound Wrote: I'm trying to remember the name of a movie I saw a long time ago. I can remember most of the plot, and I can see the characters in my mind (although I can't put a name to any of the actors):I had to think about this for sometime, I remember a movie in the mid 50"s with Tyron Power that fit this outline. In that one he did become king because he thought he could undo some of the things his father did once he had got so to speak the inside scope. I'm 70 and talked to my 88 year mother who also remember it and it as being him.
In Midaeval Europe, a young man in a monastery is about to take his final vows. He's born royal, but minor royal---youngest son of the king's youngest son. However, a messenger comes with news of a disaster--sickness, war, earthquake, or something--that has wiped out most of the royal family; the young man is either now king or at least the heir presumptive. The rest of the movie was about his trying to reconcile his duty as a prince with his religious vocation.
I don't remember if at the end he tracked down another blood relative in favor of whom he could abdicate, or if he decided that running the kingdom could be a valid form of service to God.
Does that seem familiar in any way to you?
But that was so long ago and my memory could very well be wrong. Not knowing your age this could have been remade later with other actors.
Sorry I could be of more help.
RE: Movie I remember, but not the title. - Elkhound - 12-02-2015
Thanks, that helps.