---
title: 'Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stephen Weeks'
released: '1973-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/gawain-and-the-green-knight-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070093/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

1973 · Fantasy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Gawain and the Green Knight is a 1973 British historical adventure film directed by Stephen Weeks, and starring Murray Head as Gawain and Nigel Green in his final theatrical film as the Green Knight. The story is based on the medieval English tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and also Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes and the tale of Sir Gareth in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stephen Weeks](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-weeks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-goodwin)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ian Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wilson-2)

## Cast

- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Ronald Lacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-lacey) as Oswald
- [Murray Melvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-melvin) as Seneschal
- [Murray Head](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-head) as Gawain
- [Geoffrey Bayldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-bayldon) as Wiseman
- [George Merritt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-merritt) as Old Knight
- [Ciaran Madden](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciaran-madden) as Linet
- [Peter Copley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-copley) as Pilgrim
- [Nigel Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-green) as Green Knight
- [Robert Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hardy) as Sir Bertilak
- [Ian Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-richardson)
- [Richard Hurndall](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hurndall) as Bearded Man
- [Anthony Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-sharp) as King
- [David Leland](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-leland) as Humphrey
- [Willoughby Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/willoughby-goddard) as Knight

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