Darkon

Sep 12, 2006

1h 33m

★ 6.6

Overview

Darkon is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers.

Genres

Documentary

Fantasy

Production Companies

SeeThink Films

Ovie Productions

Darkon Trailers

Cast

Himself / Bannor

Skip Lipman

Himself / Keldar

Kenyon Wells

Himself / Trivius

Daniel McArthur

Herself / Nemesis

Rebecca Thurmond

Himself / Saruk

James Iddings

Himself / Malkin

Gary Black

Himself / Arfex

Domenic Prince

Himself / Shapwin

Andrew Mattingly

Himself / Otto

Frank Kanach

Herself / Ilya

Leah Kanach

Every year during summer one of the biggest battles of mankind takes place amidst the hillsides of middle earth. Knights, elves and magicians are fighting orcs and the dark powers. What looks like a scene from Lord of the Rings actually takes place in a field in Germany, where thousands of role players meet to plunge into a fantasy world of their own. More than 250.000 people in Germany regularly make this transition. The documentary accompanies five role players in their daily lives and their parallel ones. Where does their yearning for a shared world of fantasy come from? What does this reveal about our hectic, technological life? Sunday warriors is a film about the passion for playing and the ambition to exceed your limits.

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