Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf & Grendel
“ The Hero. The Monster. The Myth. ”
CINEMA2005-09-14
RegionAU / CA
Runtime103 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Grendel is given history rather than reduced to a beast. By complicating the boundary between monster and victim, the film turns the heroic legend into a story about inherited violence.”
Storyline
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
DIRECTOR / Director
Sturla Gunnarsson
KEYWORDS
heromythologymythical creaturevikings norsemennordic mythologyswordsmanmythological beastnorse mythologybased on mythslegends or folkloresword and sorcery6th centurybeowulf
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Even the gods have an ending, while heroes and monsters live beneath the shadow of fate.
Grendel is given history rather than reduced to a beast. By complicating the boundary between monster and victim, the film turns the heroic legend into a story about inherited violence.
