Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, Canada, Iceland, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- hero
- mythology
- mythical creature
- vikings (norsemen)
- nordic mythology
- swordsman
- mythological beast
- norse mythology
- based on myths
- legends or folklore
- sword and sorcery
The bill
Gerard Butler
Beowulf
Spencer Wilding
Grendels Father
Stellan Skarsgård
Hrothgar
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Grendel
- Hringur Ingvarsson — Young Grendel
- Gunnar Eyjólfsson — Aeschere
- Tony Curran — Hondscioh
- Philip Whitchurch — Fisherman
- Ronan Vibert — Thorkel
- Rory McCann — Breca
- Martin Delaney — Thorfinn
- Ólafur Darri Ólafsson — Unferth
- Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir — Wealtheow
- Sarah Polley — Selma
- Eddie Marsan — Father Brendan
- Directed
- Sturla Gunnarsson
- Written
- Andrew Rai Berzins
Production
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 · 264 ratings
- Studio
- The Film Works, Icelandic Film Corporation, Union Station Media, Movision, Endgame Entertainment, Téléfilm Canada
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