Beowulf & Grendel

Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 Canadian-Icelandic fantasy adventure film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. It stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. The screenplay was written by Andrew Rai Berzins. The soundtrack was composed by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.

Beowulf & Grendel
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySturla Gunnarsson
Written byAndrew Rai Berzins
Produced byPaul Stephens
Eric Jordan
Sturla Gunnarsson
Jason Piette
Michael Cowan
Anna María Karlsdóttir
StarringGerard Butler
Stellan Skarsgård
Ingvar Sigurðsson
Sarah Polley
Eddie Marsan
Tony Curran
Ronan Vibert
Rory McCann
Martin Delaney
CinematographyJan Kiesser
Edited byJeff Warren
Music byHilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Distributed byTruly Indie
Release dates
  • 14 September 2005 (2005-09-14) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 10 March 2006 (2006-03-10) (Canada)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesCanada
Iceland
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film was a cooperative effort among Eurasia Motion Pictures (Canada), Spice Factory (UK), and Bjolfskvida (Iceland), and it was filmed in Iceland.

In 2006, a documentary of the difficult making of Beowulf and Grendel, called Wrath of Gods, was released and went on to win six film awards in Europe and the U.S.

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