Beowulf & Grendel
| Beowulf & Grendel | |
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| Directed by | Sturla Gunnarsson |
| Written by | Andrew Rai Berzins |
| Produced by | Paul Stephens Eric Jordan Sturla Gunnarsson Jason Piette Michael Cowan Anna María Karlsdóttir |
| Starring | Gerard Butler Stellan Skarsgård Ingvar Sigurðsson Sarah Polley Eddie Marsan Tony Curran Ronan Vibert Rory McCann Martin Delaney |
| Cinematography | Jan Kiesser |
| Edited by | Jeff Warren |
| Music by | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
| Distributed by | Truly Indie |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Iceland United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.
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 & Grendel, called Wrath of Gods, was released and went on to win six film awards in Europe and the U.S.