Beowulf & Grendel

Sep 14, 2005

1h 43m

★ 5.6

The Hero. The Monster. The Myth.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

The Film Works

Icelandic Film Corporation

Union Station Media

Movision

Endgame Entertainment

Téléfilm Canada

Spice Factory

The Movie Network

Movie Central

Invico Capital

Beowulf & Grendel Trailers

Cast

Beowulf

Gerard Butler

Grendels Father

Spencer Wilding

Hrothgar

Stellan Skarsgård

Grendel

Ingvar E. Sigurðsson

Young Grendel

Hringur Ingvarsson

Aeschere

Gunnar Eyjólfsson

Hondscioh

Tony Curran

Fisherman

Philip Whitchurch

Thorkel

Ronan Vibert

Breca

Rory McCann

Thorfinn

Martin Delaney

Unferth

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

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