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UPC0841887022828

eBay Product ID (ePID)8046037462

Movie/TV TitleSecrets of the Dead: Resurrecting Richard III

FormatDVD

GenreDocumentary

StudioPBS (Direct)

Run Time60 min.

Item Height0.56 in

Item Weight0.27 lb

Item Length7.49 in

Item Width5.50 in

Country/Region of ManufactureMexico

Number of Discs1

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by maryinscotland
06 Jul, 2021
Enrichment for fans of Richard III.
Before the skeleton of Richard III was discovered, there was much debate about whether he could really have been a hunchback, or if that was an invention of Shakespeare. The argument was that Richard was a warrior king who wore armour and led his men in battle, and a hunchback couldn't have done that. Then his bones were discovered and identified by DNA. That's only briefly described in this video (see "The King in the Car Park" for the whole story). But now it was known that he really had a crooked back, the condition scoliosis. For this film, a young man was found who had virtually the same degree of deformity. He went through a period of intensive training in sword-fighting, armour-wearing and riding. The degree to which he succeeded makes a film I found fascinating. Having seen it once on TV, I enjoyed it enough to want to have my own copy.
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