---
title: 'Beowulf (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Graham Baker'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beowulf-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120604/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beowulf (1998)

1998 · 95 min · Drama, Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Beowulf is a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf." While the film remains fairly true to the story of the original poem, other plot elements deviate from the original poem.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Graham Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-baker)
- **Producer:** [Larry Kasanoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-kasanoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Faloona](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-faloona)

## Cast

- [Charles Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-robinson)
- [Patricia Velásquez](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-velasquez)
- [Götz Otto](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotz-otto)
- [Layla Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/layla-roberts) as Grendel's mother
- [Christopher Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lambert) as Beowulf
- [Rhona Mitra](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhona-mitra)
- [Oliver Cotton](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-cotton) as Hrothgar

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