---
title: 'Beowulf & Grendel (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sturla Gunnarsson'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Iceland'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beowulf-grendel-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beowulf & Grendel (2005)

2005 · 100 min · Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure · Iceland, United Kingdom, Canada


## Synopsis

Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 Canadian-Icelandic fantasy adventure film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. It stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. The screenplay was written by Andrew Rai Berzins. The soundtrack was composed by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sturla Gunnarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sturla-gunnarsson)
- **Producer:** [Sturla Gunnarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sturla-gunnarsson), [Michael Lionello Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-lionello-cowan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilmar-orn-hilmarsson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Kiesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kiesser)

## Cast

- [Steindór Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/steindor-andersen) as Snorri
- [Stellan Skarsgård](https://cinepixo.com/people/stellan-skarsgard) as Hrothgar
- [Eddie Marsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-marsan) as Father Brendan
- [Gísli Örn Garðarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisli-orn-gar-arsson) as Erik
- [Gerard Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-butler) as Beowulf
- [Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir](https://cinepixo.com/people/elva-osk-olafsdottir) as Grendel's mother
- [Helgi Björnsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/helgi-bjornsson) as Man
- [Spencer Wilding](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-wilding) as Grendel's Father
- [Tony Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curran) as Hondscioh
- [Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rostur-leo-gunnarsson) as Guard
- [Rory McCann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rory-mccann) as Breca the Bronding
- [Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir](https://cinepixo.com/people/steinunn-olina-orsteinsdottir) as Wealhþeow
- [Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingvar-eggert-sigur-sson) as Grendel
- [Ólafur Darri Ólafsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/olafur-darri-olafsson) as Unferð
- [Sarah Polley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-polley) as Selma

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Official site: http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/beowulf-grendel-2005
Film facts: Wikidata (Q818604); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.