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Grendel Grendel Grendel is a 1981 Australian animated film written, directed and designed by Alexander Stitt and starring Peter Ustinov. It was based on John Gardner's novel Grendel. The music was composed and conducted by Bruce Smeaton and has been released on the 1M1 Records label.
Like Gardner's novel, the film is a retelling of part of the epic poem Beowulf from the monster Grendel's point of view. Grendel (voiced by Ustinov) is by turns a thoughtful and contemplative character and a rampaging monster who attacks the mead hall of an early Danish kingdom, biting the head off of one would-be defender. This was the second full-length fully animated film ever made in Australia (coming after 1972's Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon).
Original Release
07/09/1981
US Release
08/01/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Ustinov | Grendel / Grendel (voice) |
Keith Michell | The Shaper (voice) / The Shaper |
Arthur Dignam | The Dragon / Beowulf (voice) / Beowulf |
Ed Rosser | King Hrothgar (voice) / King Hrothgar |
Bobby Bright | (voice) |
Ric Stone | Unferth |
Ernie Bourne | (voice) |
Rho Schepisi | (voice) |
Colin McEwan | (voice) |
Alison Bird | Wealhtheow / Wealhtheow, Hrothgar's wife (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Alex Stitt, John Gardner, Anonymous
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Ustinov | Grendel / Grendel (voice) |
Keith Michell | The Shaper (voice) / The Shaper |
Arthur Dignam | The Dragon / Beowulf (voice) / Beowulf |
Ed Rosser | King Hrothgar (voice) / King Hrothgar |
Bobby Bright | (voice) |
Ric Stone | Unferth |
Ernie Bourne | (voice) |
Rho Schepisi | (voice) |
Colin McEwan | (voice) |
Alison Bird | Wealhtheow / Wealhtheow, Hrothgar's wife (voice) |
Barry Hill | (voice) |
Peter Aanensen | (voice) |
Jack Brown | (voice) |
Julie McKenna | The Shaper's Boy |
Phillip Adams | Narrator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alex Stitt | Producer |
Phillip Adams | Producer |
Greg Terry | Producer |