Beowulf
1999 | 95m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Graham Baker |
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| Writer: | Mark Leahy, David Chappe |
| Staring: |
| Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 31, 1999 |
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| Director: | Graham Baker |
| Writer: | Mark Leahy, David Chappe |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Horror |
| Keywords | martial arts, monster, sword fight, dragon, massacre, battle, adventurer, based on myths, legends or folklore, warrior, action hero, beowulf |
| Production Companies | Capitol Films, The Kushner-Locke Company, CTV International, Threshold Entertainment, Dimension Films, European Motion Pictures Productions Ltd |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,531,251
Budget: $20,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Christopher Lambert | Beowulf |
| Rhona Mitra | Kyra |
| Oliver Cotton | Hrothgar |
| Götz Otto | Roland |
| Vincent Hammond | Grendel |
| Charles Robinson | Weaponsmaster |
| Brent Jefferson Lowe | Will |
| Roger Sloman | Karl |
| Layla Roberts | Grendel's Mother |
| Patricia Velásquez | Pendra |
| Robert Willox | Chief Officer |
| Marcel Cobzariu | Lookout |
| Vlad Jipa | Sentry |
| Diana Dumbravă | Hrothgar's Wife |
| Andrei Rusu | 1st Soldier |
| Vitalie Bantas | 1st Guard |
| Dan Alexandru | Eyepatch Lieutenant |
| Florin Preoteasa | Executioner |
| Iulian Ilinca | Executioner's Assistant |
| Dorin Zaharia | Siege Soldier |
| Adrian Pavlovschi | Guard |
| Derik Wingo |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Adriana Allen | Casting |
| Tim Walston | Sound Editor |
| Annette Benson | Casting |
| Roy Watts | Editor |
| Christopher Faloona | Director of Photography |
| Nicolae Perianu | Boom Operator |
| Peter Burgess | Foley Artist |
| Vicky Brazier | Foley Editor |
| John Tissavary | Visual Effects |
| Andrea King | Foley Artist |
| Mark Leahy | Screenplay |
| David Chappe | Screenplay |
| Graham Baker | Director |
| Ann Scibelli | Sound Designer |
| Mark Eckersley | Assistant Editor |
| Daniel R. Casey | Matte Painter |
| Elaine 'Chucks' Thomas | Dialogue Editor |
| Olivier Varenne | Boom Operator |
| Victoria Brazier | Foley Editor |
| Jonathan A. Carlson | Production Design |
| Anonymous | Poem |
| Letitia Ghenea | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Michael Feinberg | ADR Editor |
| Ben Watkins | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Zeller | Art Direction |
| Oana Păunescu | Set Decoration |
| Sanja Milković Hays | Costume Design |
| Didier Lavergne | Makeup Artist |
| Cristian Mungiu | Second Assistant Director Trainee |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gregory Cascante | Producer |
| Peter Locke | Executive Producer |
| Susan E. Levin | Associate Producer |
| Joshua Wexler | Associate Producer |
| Sharon Harel-Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Jane Barclay | Executive Producer |
| Alison Savitch | Executive Producer |
| Lawrence Kasanoff | Producer |
| Donald Kushner | Executive Producer |
| Vlad Păunescu | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 40 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
What could have possessed the "Highlander" himself to participate in this nonsense? Based (very) loosely on the old poem, this tries to modernise the story (it even features tannoy speakers) and give it a contemporary feel - though still using the costumes and weapons of the original time. Our epony ... mous hero rescues a maiden then takes refuge with Oliver Cotton's "Hrothgar" in his fortress - only for them all to be attacked and brutally picked off by the shape-shifting "Grendel" - a sort of "Puff" the magic dragon type effect with a gravelly voice.... The production and visuals aren't the worst, but the very heavily made-up Lambert - sporting a peroxide coiffure, and the terribly wooden Rhona Mitra ("Kyra") ensure that this film positively groans as it lumbers along. The soundtrack appears to have found a mind of it's own - and what dialogue there is adds virtually nothing to the "we all do what we have to do" style storyline. Whatever you do, stick around for the end - it's hilarious! This film is a shocking waste of good source material that really isn't anyone's finest work.