Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer is a American Fantasy film from 1981 by Director Matthew Robbins.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The medieval village Urland sigh under the tyranny of the Dragon Vermithrax Pejorative. The villagers ask the old magician Ulrich or he can come help them. Ulrich agrees, but dies at the hands of the treacherous Captain Tyrian before he can fight against the Dragon. The inexperienced sorcerer's apprentice Galen decision thereupon itself to fight the Dragon. Arrived in the village he hears that the desperate villagers have decided to sacrifice a Virgin to the Dragon. Galen decides to close the entrance to the Dragon's keep by putting a rock for to drop. This succeeds, although he then narrowly to a few avalanche manages to escape.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 external links

Later, when he is in the castle of King Casiodorus is, he hears that the dragon has escaped and takes revenge by destroying the village. Galen must return to the castle to the magical amulet that has taken away the King of him can be found. Meanwhile, Princess Elspeth drawn to serve as a sacrifice for the Dragon. With the amulet make a stab weapon with which he let Galen wants to kill the Dragon. This failed but later he receives a vision of his dead master Ulrich, who tells him what to do. The resurrected Ulrich will fight the Dragon and when the time is right the amulet must destroy Galen. When the Dragon eats the old Wizard, destroys Galen the magical amulet, whereby the old Wizard explodes and the Dragon with him. ==Cast[ Edit] == ==Trivia[ Edit] ==
 * Peter MacNicol as Galen Bradwarden
 * Caitlin Clarke as Valerian
 * Ralph Richardson as Ulrich
 * John Hallam as Tyrian
 * Peter Eyre as Casiodorus Rex
 * Albert Salmi as Greil
 * Sydney Bromley as Hodge
 * Chloe Salaman as Princess Elspeth
 * Emrys James as Valerians father
 * Roger Kemp as Horsrik
 * Ian McDiarmid as brother Jacopus
 * Virtually all buitenscenes were filmed in North Wales, apart from the finale: this was shot on Scottish island of Skye.
 * Dragonslayer was created by The Walt Disney Company in association with Paramount Pictures. The film was harder and more realistic than other Disney films during that time and thereby in the United States controversial because oppression, violence and (a little) not expose at the Disney image paste.
 * The effects of Industrial Light and Magic were good for an Oscar nomination, the film was Also nominated for the Hugo Award for best dramatic Presentation (both awards were won by Raiders of the Lost Ark).