Synopsis: The seventh-century poem has a great hero, an enthralling story, and
a group of monsters (Grendel, his mother, and the Dragon) that is still
capable of terrifying.
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS:
Derek Jacobi ............. Narrator (voice)
Joseph Fiennes ........... Laurence (voice)
Timothy West ............. Hrothgar (voice)
Anna Calder-Marshall ..... Queen Wealtheow (voice)
Michael Sheen ............ Wiglaf (voice)
John Castle .............. Hygelac (voice)
James Greene ............. Peasant (voice)
Michael Feast ............ Unferth (voice)
Nicholas Woodeson ........ Aschere (voice)
Robert Blythe ............ Wulfgar (voice)
Wayne Forester ........... Slave (voice)
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Written by................ Anonymous (epic poem Beowulf)
.......................... Murray Watts
Directed by............... Yuri Kulakov
Production Design......... Igor Olelnikov
