Beowulf

Cast: Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Crispin Glover, Robin Wright Penn, Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, Dominic Keating, Brendan Gleeson, Sebastian Roché, Chris Coppola, Charlotte Salt, Greg Ellis, Tyler Steelman, Nick Jameson

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: November 16th, 2007

Synopsis:

Based on one of the oldest poems in English literature, the blood-soaked poem tells the tale of Beowulf of the Geats, who is called to slay Grendel, a monster that is attacking a Danish kingdom. After defeating Grendel, Beowulf slays Grendel's mother and then clashes with a dragon.

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