Seeing this movie in the 1980s as a young man was to fall in love with Michelle Pfeiffer. And just as she is still one of the great screen beauties, Ladyhawke holds up well with age.
The Medieval tale of two lovers cursed to be apart as the result of a spell cast by the evil Bishop of Aquila (John Wood) and their quest to be reunited while putting an end to the evil bishop’s tyranny looks great in widescreen.
By day Etienne of Navarre (Rutger Hauer) is a knight who travels with a hawk, at night he is transformed into a wolf, and the hawk becomes the beautiful lady Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer).
Father Imperius (Leo McKern), who once betrayed the lovers to the bishop, helps them to undo the spell, and Matthew Broderick as the lover’s go-between, Phillipe Gaston – a young cutpurse who had been sentenced to death in the dungeons of Aquila but staged a miraculous escape – gives a charming, nervy performance.
It’s just a pity about the tinny soft-rock soundtrack.
Phillipe Gaston
Matthew Broderick Etienne of Navarre
Rutger Hauer Isabeau of Anjou
Michelle Pfeiffer Father Imperius
Leo McKern Bishop of Aquila
John Wood Captain Marquet
Ken Hutchison Cezar
Alfred Molina Fornac
Giancarlo Prete Jehan
Loris Loddi Mr Pitou
Alessandro Serra Mrs Pitou
Nicolina Papetti
Director
Richard Donner
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