Legend of the Moor's Legacy - Part 1

Some old, scary and enigmatic Soviet cartoon based on the Washington Irving novel. I suppose the story's interesting as it concerns the Moors in Spain, but otherwise I find this adaptation etc. to be creepy. Apparently someone gave it to us when we were very young and we didn't like it, and since having dug these things out five years ago I knew I had to demystify the enigma somewhat, and preserve it forever, no matter how poor it is.

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[DarkSky42]

I bought this video from the weird little shop down our road ooh...must be fifteen years ago at least, if not longer. I absolutely loved it, despite finding it slightly odd and eerie! (Or maybe because of that?!) Thank you so much for putting it up on YouTube!

[DarkPrimeGS]

You're welcome. Fifteen years ago is a long time after all, particularly when taking into account I was little then. I guess such aspects can create somewhat of a good appeal, one way or another.

[armand011]

hey darkrprime, thanks for digging this up! you wouldn't believe it, but my then baby borther's childminder bought this video for him from a london poundstore back in 1992! at the time i was 11 years old. viewing it now quite a few years later, with a great deal more historical, political and cultural knowledge, the Soviets did a masterpiece! the lust for money ultimately destroyed the villains, and the 'poor honest worker' prevailed! ;-)

[DarkPrimeGS]

You're welcome! I actually quite recently came to imagine that the Soviets wanted to get somewhat of an anti-Christian (being the "western religion") across, seeing as they were hostile to religion and this cartoon features the Catholics oppressing the Muslims.

I actually read the story itself back in the summer, and the fidelity of the cartoon to the story dawned on me. There wern't many differences.

[DarkPrimeGS]

And of course, both the Wests and the Soviets did use cartoons to promote their messages during the Cold War.

[LORDABBA9]

Because they usurped our culture because they had none. It was these pale arabs that first enslaved the Moors, the Moors, out of preservation, converted to Islam. this is why the Prophet Noble Drew Ali called the religious practice for those days "Islam-ism" and called the Moors "Moor-ish". they are not us they are not Moors.

[DarkPrimeGS]

Ah yes, I see now. The Moors existed before Islam came about and the Arabs arrived in North Africa.

[moonmaidens]

i loved this when i was younger!! THANK YOU!!! 

[chazmanization]

where was this disturbuted by?

[jabri11]

Amen to that

[armand011]

ahahahaha we might as well! :-D

[armand011]

sadly though, the Soviet elite was just as corrupt as these Spanish inquisitors ;-) hehe the bottom line is people created capitalism, and not the opposite. by ridding the world of money or any form of conventional trading will not bring peace to it, as people will invent it all again to offset social chaos. in other words, evil is contained within man, and not outside him. the question of evil itself, must therefore be reevaluated.