| release date: | August 31, 2001 |
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| genre: | Drama |
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| running time: | 122 min. |
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| director: | Jacques Dorfmann |
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| studio: | Transfilm et Téléfilm Canada |
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| producer(s): | Jacques Dorfmann, Claude Léger |
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| screenplay: | Jacques Dorfmann, Raspo Pallenberg, Norman Spinrad, Anne de
Leseleuc |
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| cast: | Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inès Sastre, Max von Sydow |
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Druids Movie Synopsis
Around 60 B.C., young Vercingétorix watches his father burned in public for trying to rise the Gauls against the Romans occupying their land. Raised by druids, Vercingétorix (Lambert) grows to become a respected leader. He gives his allegiance to Julius Caesar, who charges him with the gathering of men from Gallic tribes and leading them to invade Brittany. But Vercingétorix rebels against Caesar and his men then burn the villages and pastures to starve the occupying armies.
This film has been unfairly rated and reviewed. It is a good historical drama, a sort of cross between Spartacus and Gladiator, only it is based more on historical facts than either of those. It basically gives a dramtization of some of the events described in Julius Caesar`s "The Conquest of Gaul". The title is a misnomer and the opening sequence with child actors who don`t speak their lines realistically is very weak. After that it gets better. Good performances by three internationally known actors don`t make it a great film, but it rates an "average" in my opinion.
excelent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!