改編自歐陸經典傳奇冒險奇幻史詩《貝伍夫》，影響所及連托爾金的《魔戒》亦受其啟發影響。「貝武夫」這位偉大的維京勇士出現在西元七世紀的古老敘事史詩中，由英國傳教士用羊皮紙記下這段偉大的傳奇故事，內容不只啟發了托爾金《魔戒》三部曲，更是西方一切英雄人物的雛型，包括超人、綠巨人浩克與阿諾史瓦辛格曾經飾演過的《王者之劍》，足見貝武夫對後世的影響。這次的電影版改編並保留了原詩中的許多人物和主題，像食人魔和英雄、善與惡之間的恆久衝突，及人類對於英勇和榮耀層次的追求本能。 故事講述英雄傳奇的時代，勇猛剽悍的維京英雄貝武夫，縱橫四海為民除危，他在聽說丹麥王國出現邪惡的食人魔格蘭德爾之後，就前往弒殺為民除害，但沒想到格蘭德爾的母親才是這一切災難的源頭，貝武夫直搗食人魔母親所在的巢穴展開一場血戰，而這個兇狠的食人魔母親居然是個動人的傾城美女，貝武夫要如何抵抗食人魔母親的迷惑，如何與其對抗？！
改編自歐陸經典傳奇冒險奇幻史詩，故事描述在充滿神話和傳奇的遠古時代，強而有力的戰士貝武夫與嗜血成性的格蘭德爾之間的衝突鬥爭，貝武夫帶領一群勇士橫跨海洋，協助被邪惡的格蘭德爾侵占領土的羅斯卡堡主，展開一場驚天動地的血戰；而途中貝武夫遇到一位美麗、謎樣般的女巫，讓他這條征伐之路更加困難。
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.
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.