Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

1988 0h 15m EN

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 91

Comedy

Synopsis

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A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson) must help protect King Charles I (Stephen Fry) from the machinations of Oliver Cromwell and his Roundheads

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rowan Atkinson
Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Sod Off Baldrick
Stephen Fry
King Charles I
Warren Clarke
Oliver Cromwell
Harry Enfield
Narrator (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Roundhead with Cromwell (uncredited)
Tim McInnerny
Person Shouting in Crowd (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mandie Fletcher
Writers: Ben Elton, Richard Curtis
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Blackadder Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0137390 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 91 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mandie Fletcher directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Blackadder Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson and Stephen Fry carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0137390 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 91 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.