I, too, am a huge fan of Richard Widmark, Linda. Richard Widmark is classic. Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan (July 16, 1919 – April 19, 1999) was a German SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, and the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States, to face trial in the then West Germany.Braunsteiner was known to prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp as the "Stomping Watch it today….28/08/17, absolutely ludicrous, but enjoyable. He was just miscast in that picture. And I expect that I’ll have nightmares about The Mare of Steel tonight, even after all these years. I so much prefer sound criticism to ranting abuse so I thank you for that. On a given signal the platform would tilt forward, pitching him head-first onto the blade. I’m about the same age as this film and it was a staple of my childhood, along with “Jason And The Argonauts.” As a kid, it never crossed my mind Widmark was miscast. Far from it. site design / logo © 2020 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under cc by-sa. They scored victories in Portugal, Sidon, and Beirut. I went to the movies as a teenager to see The Long Ships – and I enjoyed it! I was like 'Hey, this is the movie with the Mare of Steel'." Westerns and film noirs – terrific – but Widmark as a Viking is tantamount to casting Cary Grant as a gladiator. The movie was taking place a long time ago: maybe featuring vikings or romans (I know that is not precise at all). I think the worst thing about ‘The Long Ships’ was the casting of Richard Widmark as a Viking. AlasdairCM AlasdairCM. What if there is no Presidential winner on Jan 20. This has a method of execution/torture that is called 'The Mare of Steel' that people slide down and are cut in two. Earlier that day Ereshkigal, the ancient Sumerian goddess of death, had promised Melinda she'd suffer an especially brutal demise that night, an ancient Persian form of execution known as the Mare of Steel. In fairness, it was made with nowhere near the budget enjoyed by Samuel Bronston and El Cid, but a lack of funds does not excuse plot holes you could fly a 747 through! I agree, Joseph. MARE OF STEEL- Music video for Mare Of Steel's newest single, "The Sword Of El Cid" , www.myspace.com/mareofsteel I think if you just watch it for what it is, a rainy afternoon story, you will enjoy it. The Long Ships was a somewhat lame British-Yugoslavian joint venture, shot around Belgrade over six months in 1963-4. Personally, I would love to have seen how he would have portrayed a Moorish prince. In fact, I am a big Widmark fan. Alfred the Great, too! | And I even own a copy of it today I am embarrassed to admit. I don’t think it was ever supposed to be a historical correct picture, just some escapism. What I remember clearly is this: there were people that had been captured by a clan or a tribe and they were being killed by a very special method: the man was pushed in a gigantic tobogan and gaining a lot speed (the tobogan was very steep and very long) and, at the end of the tobogan, there was a huge blade that was cutting the man in two. It is still a pile of rubbish, but it takes me back to my youth, to a time when a movie theatre’s widescreen, colour feature beat the clappers out of anything a tiny black and white TV could come up with! Dick Burton turned me off ‘Where Eagles Dare’, but otherwise it is a good movie. Why waste your time and mine? It seemed to go on forever. Film known for a torture contraption called the "Mare of Steel" depicted as a huge curved blade as large as a Trojan Horse, which unlucky prisoners were forced to climb and ride down on their exposed bellies, hands tied, splaying them open at its base and impaling them on a bed of two foot steel spikes. Connections Real Steel horse rating and status. He escapes by leaping from the window and plummeting into the ocean far below. I appreciate your comments. It only takes a minute to sign up. My favourite WW2 films are (of course) ‘Casablanca’, followed by ‘From Here to Eternity’, ‘The Man Who Never Was’ and ‘Five Fingers’. answered Sep 27 '12 at 12:12. I was willing to accept that he just might have been the high-diving champion of Norway in his youth, but when he washes up on a shore in Norway, all credibility went out the window quicker than he did! a lucky player about to ride the ‘Mare of Steel’. Gold is both heavy and soft. We can agree to disagree. This has a method of execution/torture that is called 'The Mare of Steel' that people slide down and are cut in two. America has made a zillion wonderful movies.

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