It’s a serious problem when a historical film, based on a historical novel, can’t even bother to give its protagonist a name that a person could actually have had during the period in question.
Also, surnames like Cole won’t be in use for about another 300 years. ‘Robert’ is a French name originally, and this film starts more than half a century before the Norman Conquest of English caused the importation of French names into England. In 1012, there were no English people named Robert Cole. I can’t even get past the main character’s name without having to comment. It opens in England in 1012, when a young boy named Robert Cole…
Philip Stölzl) is based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Noah Gordon.
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