Writer-director Nick Hamm based William Tell on Friedrich Schiller’s 1804 drama ... pictured below), forces villagers, including Tell’s hapless son, to bow to his helmet. (Boo! Horrible Habsburgs!) ...
William Tell escapes, jumps onto the shore, draws his bow and shoots the Governor. Princess Mathilde has fallen in love with Arnold von Melchtal, the future representative of the Canton of Unterwalden ...
William Tell (Claes Bang) is living a peaceful life ... Tell is then drawn into the conflict, urged by all sides to take up ...