''The Arrows of Robin Hood'' (russian: Стрелы Робин Гуда, ''Strely Robin Guda'', alternative

translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

s ''Robin Good's Arrows'', ''Robin Gud's Arrows'') is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

film about

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is dep ...

directed by Sergei Tarasov. Two soundtracks exist for the film. In 1975

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

wrote and performed seven ballads, six of them were included in the final version. However a recommendation by

Goskino Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...

editorial board called them inadequate for a romantic adventure; the real reason being conflicts with Vysotsky. In 1976 new songs were performed by Aija Kukule and Viktors Lapčenoks, lyrics by Lev Prozorovsky, music by

Raimonds Pauls Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and worldwide. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1 ...

, this version was released in the cinemas. Four of Vysotsky's songs were later used in 1982 film ''

The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe ''Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe'' (russian: Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго) is a 1983 Soviet Union, Soviet adventure film, based on the 1819 novel ''Ivanhoe'' by Walter Scott. It reached the 9th place in S ...

'' also directed by Tarasov, set in the same time and place and using some of the same characters. In the 1990s the film was successfully re-released with the 1975 soundtrack. The DVDs also have the 1975 soundtrack.

Cast

* Boris Khmelnitsky as Robin Good (voiced by Alexander Belyavsky) * Regīna Razuma as Maria *

Vija Artmane Vija Artmane (born Alīda Artmane; 21 August 1929 in Kaive, Sēme Parish – 11 October 2008 in Strenči) was a Latvian theatre and cinema actress. Life and career Childhood Vija Artmane was born Alīda Artmane at the time when Latvia was a s ...

as Kat * Eduards Pāvuls as

Friar Tuck Friar Tuck is one of the legendary Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood. History The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th through 17th centur ...

* Hariy Shveiyts as Little John *

Algimantas Masiulis Algimantas Masiulis (July 10, 1931 Surdegis, Anykščiai District Municipality — August 19, 2008, Kaunas, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian film and theatre actor. Biography Masiulis appeared in his first play in the autumn of 1948, in '' School ...

Guy of Gisbourne Sir Guy of Gisbourne (also spelled Gisburne, Gisborne, Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118), where he is an assassin who atte ...

* Yuri Kamornyj as jester «Стрелы Робин Гуда»
// v-vysotsky.com * Juris Strenga as Bishop Gerford * Ints Burāns as Sir Ralph, Sheriff of Nottingham * Mirdza Martinsone as Lady Anna * Jānis Plēsums as Alan * Mārtiņš Vērdiņš as Sir Edmond *

Nikolay Dupak Nikolay Lukyanovich Dupak (russian: Николай Лукьянович Дупак; born 5 October 1921) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, theater director, the head of theaters. Front-line soldier, invalid of the World War II. Hon ...

as miller *

Ivars Kalniņš Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš (born 1 August 1948) is a Latvian film and television actor. He graduated in 1974 from the Jāzeps Vītols Theatre Department of the Latvian Conservatory. He had already started acting however in 1972 at the Artistic Acad ...

as episode

References

External links

* Soviet adventure films Robin Hood films 1975 films 1970s adventure films 1970s Russian-language films Films based on works by Walter Scott The Arrows 1975 in the Soviet Union Riga Film Studio films 1970s Soviet films {{Adventure-film-stub