New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Fantasy over Mark Twain's theme (Russian: Новые приключения янки при дворе короля Артура. Фантазии на тему Марка Твена) is a 1988 Soviet adventure film directed by 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.