Prince Valiant (1997 film)

Prince Valiant
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Directed by	Anthony Hickox
Produced by	Tom Rosenberg James Gorman Bernd Eichinger
Screenplay by	Michael Frost Beckner Anthony Hickox Carsten H.W. Lorenz
Story by	Michael Frost Beckner
Based on	Prince Valiant by Hal Foster
Starring	Stephen Moyer Katherine Heigl Thomas Kretschmann Joanna Lumley Ron Perlman Edward Fox
Music by	David Bergeaud
Cinematography	Roger Lanser
Edited by	Alexander Berner
Distributed by	Fox Video
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Ireland United Kingdom Germany
Language	English

Prince Valiant is a 1997 Irish-British independent sword and sorcery film directed by Anthony Hickox, written by Michael Frost Beckner, and starring Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Joanna Lumley, Ron Perlman, and Edward Fox. It is a loose adaptation of the long-running Prince Valiant comic strip of Hal Foster, some panels of which were used in the movie. In it, Valiant must battle the Vikings and a scheming sorceress to save the kingdom.

The story is based on the myth of King Arthur. A young, inexperienced squire Valiant, masquerading as Sir Gawain, is sent to accompany the Welsh princess Lady Ilene, a guest at Camelot, on her way back home. Little he knows that, meanwhile, Arthur's wicked sister Morgan has retrieved a spellbook from Merlin's tomb and convinced the Viking warlord Sligon, ruler of the kingdom of Thule, to steal the magical sword Excalibur during a joust tournament. Valiant and the princess become part of the struggle of "he who holds the sword rules the world" which leads them both to love and Valiant to his princely destiny, as it turns out he is the rightful heir to the throne of Thule. The usurper is killed by his also evil brother Thagnar. During final confrontation, with the help of Thule's rightful ruler Boltar, Morgan is destroyed, Thagnar is slain, and Valiant rescues the princess and recovers Excalibur.

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