History Journal
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
2026-11-15 23:27:13 · Cedar Herald Index
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court () is a 1988 Soviet adventure film directed by Viktor Gres and based on American author Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The screenplay was written by Mikhail Roshchin, and the film was produced by Dovzhenko Film Studio.
Plot summary
A plane crashes in the time of King Arthur. The surviving pilot tries to adapt to this strange new world.

Cast
Sergey Koltakov as Hank Morgan
Albert Filozov as King Arthur / Merlin
Yelena Finogeyeva as Queen Ginevra
Aleksandr Kaidanovsky as Sir Lancelot
Anastasiya Vertinskaya as Morgan Le Fay
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Archbishop
Evdokiya Germanova as Cindy
Vladimir Soshalsky as Sagramor
Vladimir Kashpur
Mark Gres as Mordraig
Anatoli Stolbov
Maria Kapnist
Francisco Rodríguez
José Vega
Valeri Gribov
External links
1988 films
1980s fantasy adventure films
Arthurian films
Films based on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Films based on fantasy novels
Dovzhenko Film Studios films
Soviet fantasy adventure films
Films about time travel
1980s Russian-language films
Films based on American novels
