This is a list of films based on Germanic mythology.
Beowulf
Title Release date NotesGrendel Grendel Grendel1981Animated Epics: Beowulf1998Beowulf1999a science-fiction/fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert.The 13th Warrior1999action movie directed by John McTiernan mixing Beowulf with the travels of Ibn Fadlan.Beowulf & Grendel2005starring Gerard Butler and directed by the Icelandic-Canadian Sturla Gunnarsson.Grendel2007a made-for television movie on the Sci Fi Channel (United States).Beowulf2007a DVD release of a performance of Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby in the original Old EnglishBeowulf2007an animated film directed by Robert Zemeckis and created through motion capture, a technique similar to that used by Zemeckis in The Polar Express. The manuscript was written by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman. It deviates significantly from the original poem, most notably by making the dragon fought in the finale the offspring of Beowulf and Grendel's mother, whom he did not slay.Beowulf: Prince of the Geats2007Outlander2008a science fiction film starring James Caviezel.
Gesta Danorum
Title Release date NotesHagbard and Signe1967Prince of Jutland1994The Northman2022
Household and nature spirits
Title Release date NotesMeister Eder und sein Pumuckl1982–1989Tomte Tummetott and the Fox2007The Spiderwick Chronicles2008Thale2012The Tomten and the Fox2019
Kraken
Title Release date NotesClash of the Titans1981Atlantis: Milo's Return2003Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006Clash of the Titans2010Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation2018
Mother Hulda
Title Release date NotesMother Holly1906GermanyFrau Holle1953East GermanyMother Holly1954West GermanyMother Holly1961West GermanyMother Holly1963East GermanyOnce Upon a Time1973West GermanyThe Feather Fairy1985CzechoslovakiaFrau Holle2008Germany
Norse pantheon
Title Release date NotesEn vikingafilm : Filmspex i 5 avdelningarEn vikingafilm : Filmspex i 5 avdelningar (1922). Swedish Film Institute. 1922The Virgin Spring1960Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight1985Valhalla1986Erik the Viking1989The Runestone1991Berserker2004Son of the Mask2005Hammer of the Gods2009Almighty Thor2011Legends of Valhalla: Thor2011Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods2011Vikingdom2013Gåten Ragnarok2013Kung Fury2015ValhallaValhalla. Danish Film Institute.2019
Marvel's Thor
Title Release date NotesThe Marvel Super Heroes1966Hulk Vs. Thor2009Thor2011Thor: Tales of Asgard2011Thor: The Dark World2013Team Thor2016Team Thor: Part 22017Thor: Ragnarok2017Thor: Love and Thunder2022
Ragnar Lodbrok
Title Release date NotesThe Vikings1958
Trolls and jötnar
Title Release date NotesSotlugg och LinluggSotlugg och Linlugg (1948). Swedish Film Institute.1948The Last Farm in the ValleyLast Farm in the Valley, The. Icelandic Film Centre.1950Karius and Bactus1954The Ashlad and the Hungry TrollThe Ashlad and the Hungry Troll. Caprino.no.1967The Trolls and the Christmas Express1981The Boy Who Loved Trolls1984Troll1986The Little Troll Prince1987Ernest Scared Stupid1991Rolli: Amazing Tales1991Det var en gang1994A Troll in Central Park1994Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods2001Quest for a Heart2007Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber2008Trollhunter2010Frozen2013Rölli ja kultainen avain2013The Boxtrolls2014Rölli ja kaikkien aikojen salaisuus2016Trolls2016The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King2017The Ritual2017Border2018Askeladden - I Soria Moria slott2019
Völsung and Nibelung tradition (Nibelungenlied)
Title Release date NotesI NibelunghiMartin Arnold. Thor: Myth to Marvel.1910Siegfried1912Die Nibelungen1924The Dragon's Blood1957Treasure of the Petrified Forest1965Die Nibelungen1966/1967 / The Erotic Adventures of SiegfriedSIEGFRIED UND DAS SAGENHAFTE LIEBESLEBEN DER NIBELUNGEN (1971). British Film Institute.1970Sigurd FafnersbaneSigurd Fafnersbane. Danish Film Institute.1981Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King20042005The Charlemagne Code2008
See also :Category:Television series based on Norse mythology List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology List of films based on Slavic mythology Norse mythology in popular culture
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