This production represents the only time that the three great British theatrical knights,
Laurence Olivier,
John Gielgud and
Ralph Richardson all appeared together on screen. As their characters appear to be fictional, and all have names which begin with "Pf", this does not appear to be fortuitous casting, but a deliberate whim of the director. The three knights were all in the casts of
Richard III (1955) and
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), but they were never together on screen at the same time in those films.
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