Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Directed by

Stephen Weeks

Genre

fantasy film, medieval film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A knight named Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious Green Knight. He travels through medieval Britain to fulfill his promise.

adventurousearthyleisurelymedievalmythicstatelywhimsical

What happens

Gawain and the Green Knight is a 1973 British historical adventure film directed by Stephen Weeks, and starring Murray Head as Gawain and Nigel Green in his final theatrical film as the Green Knight. The story is based on the medieval English tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and also Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes and the tale of Sir Gareth in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Locations used included castles at Cardiff, Caerphilly and Castell Coch, Wales; Peckforton castle, Cheshire; and St Michael's Mount and Roche Rock, Cornwall. St. Govan's chapel on the Pembrokeshire coast was also featured. Weeks remade the film in 1984 as Sword of the Valiant with Miles O'Keeffe and Sean Connery as Gawain and the Green Knight, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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