Druids (2001)

Original title

Vercingétorix : La Légende du druide roi

Directed by

Jacques Dorfmann

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

France, Belgium, Canada

Runtime

2h 04m

Rating

3.2 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It follows the Gallic leader Vercingetorix from his childhood to his fight against the Roman army led by Julius Caesar. The story ends with the Battle of Alesia.

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What happens

Druids (French: Vercingétorix: La Légende du druide roi) is a 2001 epic historical drama film directed by Jacques Dorfmann. It stars Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inés Sastre, Maria Kavardjikova, 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 the Druids script. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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