List of films based on Arthurian legend

List of films based on Arthurian legend

Films based on the Arthurian legend are many and varied. They can be divided into several broad categories:

Adaptations

Relatively straightforward adaptations of the legends, reconstructed history, or modern Arthurian material.

* "Parsifal" (1904)
* "Launcelot and Elaine" (1909)
* "Il Re Artù e i cavalieri della tavola rotonda" (1910)
* "Parsifal" (1912)
* "The Quest of the Holy Grail" (1915)
* "The Adventures of Sir Galahad" (serial) (1950)
* "Knights of the Round Table" (1953)
* "Parsifal" (1953)
* "The Black Knight" (1954)
* "Prince Valiant" (1954)
* "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot" (serial) (1956)
* "Lancelot and Guinevere" (1963)
* "Camelot" (1967)
* "Arthur of the Britons" (1972)
* "Gawain and the Green Knight" (1973)
* "Lancelot du Lac" (1974)
* "Perceval le Gallois" (1979)
* "Parzival" (1980)
* "Excalibur" (1981)
* "Parsifal" (1982)
* "Camelot" (a videotaped stage performance of the musical, presented on HBO) (1982)
* "" (1984)
* "Les Chevaliers de la table ronde" (1990)
* "Ginevra" (1992)
* "Guinevere" (1994)
* "First Knight" (1995)
* "Prince Valiant" (1997)
* "Merlin" (1998)
* "The Mists of Avalon" (2001)
* "King Arthur" (2004)
* "Merlin's Apprentice" (2006)
* "The Last Legion" (2007)
* "Pendragon Sword of his Father" (in production 2008)

Modernization

Films whose plot "updates" or otherwise moves the legend to modern times.
* "Knights of the Square Table" (1917)
* "King Arthur Was a Gentleman" (1942)
* "Knightriders" (1981)
* "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989)
* "The Fisher King" (1991)
* "Seaview Knights" (1994)
* "Four Diamonds" (1995)
* "Kids of the Round Table" (1995)
* "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders" (1996)
* "Lancelot, Guardian of Time" (1997)
* "Arthur's Quest" (1999)
* "Avalon" (2001)
* "Fate/stay night" (2004)
* "Stargate SG1" Season 9 to 10 (2006 - 2007)


= Films based on the Tristan legend =

* "Tristan et Yseut" (1909)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1911)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1920)
* "The Eternal Return" (1943)
* "Tristana" (1970)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (1972)
* "Tristan and Isolt aka Lovespell" (1979)
* "Fire and Sword" (1981)
* "The Woman Next Door" (1981)
* "Isolde" (1989)
* "In the Shadow of the Raven" (1988)
* "Connemara" (1989)
* "Pardes" (1997)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (2002)
* "Tristan and Isolde" (2006)

"Connecticut Yankee"

Films based on Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", about a modern man/woman who travels in time to Arthur's period.

* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1921) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012067/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee" (1931) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021759/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), a musical film starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming
* "A Connecticut Yankee" (1955 TV movie) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321754/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1970) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756637/]
* "Unidentified Flying Oddball", also known as "The Spaceman and King Arthur" (1979)
* "Novye prikluchenia janke pri dvore Korola Artura" (1987) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307245/]
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1989 TV movie) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097104/]
* "A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1995) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115030/]
* "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" (1995)
* "A Knight in Camelot" (1998)
* Black Knight (2001)

Animation

* "The Sword in the Stone" (1963)
* "A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court" (1978)
* "Quest for Camelot" (1998)
* "Tristan et Yseut" (2002)

Humour

* "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)
* "Kaamelott (2005)

ee also

* Lists of movie source material

External links

* [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/harty.htm Arthurian Film] by Kevin J. Harty


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