Beowulf & Grendel

Beowulf amp Grendel is a 2005 film CanadianIcelandic fantasy adventure film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, loosely based on the AngloSaxon epic poem Beowulf. It stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgrd as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigursson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. The screenplay was written by Andrew Rai Berzins. The soundtrack was composed by Hilmar rn Hilmarsson. While some of the film remains true to the original poem, other plot elements deviate from the original poem three new characters, Grendels father, the witch Selma, and Grendels son are introduced, and several related plot points were developed specifically for the film.

In 500 A.D., Hrothgar, king of Denmark, and a group of warriors chase a large and burly man, whom they consider a troll, and his young son, to the edge of deep cliff. The father directs his young son, Grendel, to hide from the attackers view whereupon The Danes shoot the father dead, and his dead body plunges onto the beach far below. The Danish king sees the young Grendel, but spares him. Later, Grendel finds his fathers body and cuts the head off to take it home. Many years later, the severed and mummified head is inside a cave where the boy Grendel has become as large and powerful as his father, and plans revenge.When Hrothgar finds twenty of his warriors killed inside his great hall, the Danish king falls into a depression. Beowulf, with the permission of Hygelac, king of Geatland, sails to Denmark with thirteen Geats to slay Grendel for Hrothgar. The arrival of Beowulf and his warriors is welcomed by Hrothgar, but the kings village has fallen into a deep despair and many of the pagan villagers convert to Christianity at the urging of an Irish monk. While Grendel does raid Hrothgars village during the night, he flees rather than fight. Selma the witch tells Beowulf that Grendel will not fight him because Beowulf has committed no wrong against him. ........

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