Knives of the Avenger | 1966 | Classic Adventure Movie | Cameron Mitchell

Knives of the Avenger - A mysterious, knife-throwing Viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of King and the woman for himself. Knives of the Avenger (1966) Director: Mario Bava, Leopoldo Savona Writers: Alberto Liberati, Gene Luotto, Mario Bava Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart Genre: Adventure Country: Italy Language: English Release Date: May 30 1966 (United States) Storyline: After the apparent death of her husband King Arald, a viking peasant woman, named Karin, takes her son Moki into hiding from Aghen, King Arald's enemy. But a mysterous stranger, named Rurik, begins acting as Karin's guardian, which evetually leads to a brutal showdown between Rurik and Aghen Reviews: In the ancient times, the savage and cruel warrior Hagen (Frank Ross) is chasing Queen Karin (Lisa Wagner) and her son Moki (Louis Polletin) to marry her and usurp the kingdom of her husband, King Arald (Jack Stuart). Karin and Moki are hid in a cottage in the woods living like peasants and they are protected by a stranger, the warrior Helmut (Cameron Mitchell), who is an expert in knives. Moki gets close to Helmut that teaches him how to hunt and fight and later Karin discloses to him that three years ago, her husband traveled in a ship to overseas to seek grains to his starving people. The vessel wrecked in the coast of Britain and since then they have had no news about Arald. Further she tells that Hagen was the responsible for the starvation since he had broken the truce between the kingdoms of Arald and King Rurik and killed his wife and son. Thirsty for revenge, King Rurik had invaded her kingdom with his warriors and killed the people and raped the women including her in her honeymoon, but spared the life of Arald. Helmut, who is actually King Rurik, falls in love for Karin and questions whether Moki is his son. This is the first action movie of Mario Bava that I have seen and I found it an underrated tale of revenge and redemption. The screenplay is very well written, disclosing a dramatic story, and supported by great direction and acting and magnificent cinematography. In the end, the viewer is never sure whether Moki is the son of Rurik or Arald but the tears of Karin might indicate that she knows the truth about the fatherhood of Moki. My vote is eight. written by claudio_carvalho on IMDb.com Also known as (AKA) (original title) I coltelli del vendicatore Belgium Mesduel(Flemish) Belgium Duel au couteau(French) Brazil Os Punhais do Vingador Canada Knives of the Avenger(English) Canada Viking Massacre(English, Video Title) Finland Koston tikarit France Duel au couteau Germany Eine Handvoll blanker Messer Greece I orgi ton Vikings(transliterated title) Greece To mahairi tou ekdikiti(Video Title) Italy I coltelli del vendicatore Peru Los cuchillos del vengador Portugal Os Punhais do Vingador Soviet Union Кровь за кровь(Russian) Spain Los cuchillos del vengador Ukraine Ножі месника United Kingdom Knives of the Avenger United States Knives of the Avenger United States Viking Massacre(Alternative Title) West Germany Eine Handvoll blanker Messer West Germany Rurik - Mein ist die Rache(Video Title) West Germany Rurik der Hüne(video box title) World-wide Bladestorm(Alternative Title) World-wide Raffica di coltelli(Alternative Title) World-wide Knives of the Avenger(English) World-wide The Knives of the Avenger(English, complete title) Yugoslavia Invazija Vikinga(Serbian) ···················································································· ✘ Website: https://www.artflix.info FOLLOW US! ✘ Twitter -   / artflixtv   SUPPORT US! ✘ Membership: https://bit.ly/33nGlVm MORE MOVIES! ► Film Noir: https://bit.ly/3yP7UR2 ► Classic Movies: https://bit.ly/2VhJRN2 ► All Playlists: https://bit.ly/2AsmqTR #classicmovies #filmnoir #colorizedmovies ···················································································· COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]amogo.de, Amogo Networx - The AVOD Channel Network, www.amogo-networx.com.