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Release Date: 2001 Cast: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maria Kavardjikova, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Inés Sastre
Categories: Movies, Biopic [feature], Adventure, World cinema, Historical fiction, Epic, Action/Adventure, War film, Historical Epic Druids (French: Vercingétorix: La légende du druide roi) is a French film first released on 31 August 2001, directed by Jacques Dorfmann. It stars Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inés Sastre, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, and Max von Sydow.
The film tells the story of the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix, from his childhood through to his battle to save Gaul from Roman domination at the hands of Julius Caesar. The film culminates with the decisive Battle of Alesia.
The novel The Druid King by Norman Spinrad, is a derivative work of an early version of Druids script.
In the year 60... MORE
Druids (French: Vercingétorix: La légende du druide roi) is a French film first released on 31 August 2001, directed by Jacques Dorfmann. It stars Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inés Sastre, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, and Max von Sydow.
The film tells the story of the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix, from his childhood through to his battle to save Gaul from Roman domination at the hands of Julius Caesar. The film culminates with the decisive Battle of Alesia.
The novel The Druid King by Norman Spinrad, is a derivative work of an early version of Druids script.
In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a king for their country Gaul, which has not had a king for a long time. Guttuart goes to Gergovia, the capital of the Arvenes tribe, to attend a meeting of Gallic tribal chieftains. The young boy Vercingetorix, along with his friend the young girl Eponia, sneak into a large cavern where Celtill, Vercingetorix's father and chieftain of the Arvenes, hosts the meeting of chieftains with the intention of proclaiming himself king of all Gauls. When LESS
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