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Writers:
Terry Marcel (writer)
Harry Robertson (writer)
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Release Date:
27 August 1981 (Australia) more
Plot:
Hawk, having suffered the ignimony of watching both his father and fiancée die at the hands of his brother... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jack Palance ... Voltan

John Terry ... Hawk
Bernard Bresslaw ... Gort, Giant
Ray Charleson ... Crow, Elf
Peter O'Farrell ... Baldin, Dwarf

William Morgan Sheppard ... Ranulf (as Morgan Sheppard)
Patricia Quinn ... Woman, Sorceress
Cheryl Campbell ... Sister Monica
Annette Crosbie ... Abbess
Catriona MacColl ... Eliane

Shane Briant ... Drogo
Harry Andrews ... High Abbot
Christopher Benjamin ... Fitzwalter
Roy Kinnear ... Innkeeper
Patrick Magee ... Priest
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Runtime:
90 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)

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Ferdy Mayne plays the father of Jack Palance in this movie, although he is only thee years older than Palance. more
Quotes:
Crow, Elf: We have sat waiting like this many times before. Sometimes I tire... of the fighting and killing. At night, I can hear the call of my race. They wait for me. When I join them, we will be forgotten. more
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16 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
fantastic effort, 28 January 2001
9/10
Author: valerie rink (vrink@webtv.net) from sulphur, la. usa

For a fantasy movie they really tried to capture the feeling of a great book. One you get lost in because of the characters,except you get no background on anyone except the title character and his brother. I found it enchanting and a little funny despite the serious feeling it gave to the audience. When I wish to lose my self in a book but don't have one on hand I plug this tape in. I also liked the weird music, which tried to sound like a mix of irish and welsh folk songs. All in all I really enjoyed this movie dispite its shortcomings.

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