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Minotaur

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Minotaur

Mar 11, 2006

1h 33m

★ 4.9

Curse the God. Slay the Beast. Become a Legend.

Overview

Long ago in the Iron Age, a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations, the village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast - the Minotaur, that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the loss of his love in an earlier sacrifice is convinced that the beast isn't real and that his girl still lives as a slave within the palace.

Genres

Horror

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Kanzaman S.A.

Scion Films Limited

Millennium Media

Black Forest Films

Double Edge Entertainment

First Look International

CMW Films

Téléma

Buskin Film

Code 99

Meltemi Entertainments

Lionsgate

The Carousel Picture Company

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Minotaur Trailers

Cast

Tom Hardy

Theo

Tom Hardy

Michelle Van Der Water

Raphaella

Michelle Van Der Water

Tony Todd

Deucalion

Tony Todd

Lex Shrapnel

Tyro

Lex Shrapnel

Jonathan Readwin

Danu

Jonathan Readwin

Rutger Hauer

Cyrnan

Rutger Hauer

Maimie McCoy

Morna

Maimie McCoy

Lucy Brown

Didi

Lucy Brown

James Bradshaw

Ziko

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Fiona Maclaine

Vena

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Claire Murphy

Nan

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Ingrid Pitt

The Leper

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