Em uma época de heróis, um cavaleiro chamado Beowulf chega à corte do Rei Hrothgar e oferece para combater um demônio chamado Grendel. Ele combate a fera com sucesso, mas terá que enfrentar também a ira da mãe de Grendel, uma criatura má e vingativa, porém sedutora.
Escandinávia, 500 D.C.. O sentimento de ódio tem início quando o rei Hrothgar, junto com alguns guerreiros, mata o pai do jovem Grendel, que viu tudo. Mesmo assim Hrothgar decidiu poupar a criança, que através dos anos se torna um recluso guerreiro, que só pensa em vingar a morte do pai. Quando Grendel começa a matar, as pessoas mais próximas de Hrothgar vêem que a vida do rei está em perigo. Assim Hrothgar chama um bravo e destemido guerreiro, Beowulf, para matar Grendel.
Quando o guerreiro Beowulf fica sabendo que os habitantes de Outpost estão sendo mortos por uma criatura monstruosa chamada Grendel, ele se oferece para ajudar o rei, Hrothgar, a lutar contra a besta. Os combatentes sitiados ficam gratos pela sua ajuda, mas um guerreiro chamado Roland sente ciúmes de Beowulf ao vê-lo com a filha do rei. Quanto mais Beowulf fica sabendo sobre o monstro, mais percebe a dimensão do perigo que todos correm.
King Higlack of the Gauths entrusts prince Finn and a fire ball weapon to his champion, slayer Beowulf. They lead twelve men on a mission to help king Hrothgar of the Danes, whose once glorious realm is terrorized by the undefeated monster Grendel. The task is made more difficult as Hrothgar kept gruesome secrets.
Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuring the voice of Joseph Fiennes as Beowulf. found.
Film adaptation of the earliest known poem in the English language (written in the 8th century) which examines the ancient and heroic tradition from which the feudal system started to grow. The film, as in the poem, is an elegy lamenting the not only the reality of a lost heroic tradition, but also the loss of innocence which made possible its unquestioning acceptance.
This documentary goes beyond the text of the epic poem and examines the history behind its writing. With interviews and travels in Europe, BEOWULF AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS dives into the culture of the people who created the classic myth. This title also explores the warrior society of the ancient people. Miraculously preserved over the centuries, its artistic importance was unrecognized until an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) revealed its unity and multi-dimensional structure. Beowulf is now regarded as the most important manuscript the Anglo-Saxons have handed down to us, of immense linguistic as well as poetic value. This program sets out to trace the origins of the tribes that brought this epic into being, the war-like Norsemen from Sweden, Denmark and Germany who were to conquer and settle regions of a more clement and fertile island that would become known as England, named after the tribe of the Angles.
Two interconnected individuals react differently following the expulsion of a mischievous student in this interpretation of Beowulf.
Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this new SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood-soaked Scandinavia.