Sir Lancelot du Lac (meaning Lancelot of the Lake, baptised as Galahad) was one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. He typically features as King Arthur's greatest champion, the lord of Joyous Gard and the greatest swordsman and jouster of the age — until his adultery with Queen Guinevere is discovered, causing a civil war exploited by Mordred which brings about the end of Arthur's kingdom.
His first appearance as a main character is in Chrétien de Troyes' Le Chevalier de la Charette ("The Knight of the Cart"), written in the 12th century. In the 13th century, he was the main focus in the lengthy Vulgate Cycle, where his exploits are recounted in the section known as the Prose Lancelot. Lancelot's life and adventures have been featured in several medieval romances, often with conflicting background stories and chains of events.
Lancelot is virtually unknown prior to his appearance in the works of Chrétien de Troyes. Scholar Roger Sherman Loomis suggested that Lancelot is related to either the character Llenlleog the Irishman from Culhwch and Olwen (which associates him with the "headland of Gan(i)on") or the Welsh hero Llwch Llawwynnauc (probably a version of the euhemerized Irish deity Lugh Lonbemnech), possibly via a now-forgotten epithet like "Lamhcalad". Traditional scholars thought that they are the same figure due to the fact that their names are similar and that they both wield a sword and fight for a cauldron in Preiddeu Annwn and Culhwch.
Actors: Alex Iordachescu (producer), Gauthier Battoue (actor), Judith Goudal (actor), Arthur Touchais (writer), Héloïse Pelloquet (editor), Caroline Fauvet (actress), Florian Colas (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Roberto Bestazzoni (actor), Erline O'Donovan (editor), Matt Jantzen (composer), Erline O'Donovan (writer), Jacqueline Burnand (actress), Gesenn Rosset (editor), Gesenn Rosset (producer), Gesenn Rosset (writer), Gesenn Rosset (director), Jean-Pierre Bugnon (actor), Natacha Jenny (actress), Natacha Jenny (actress), Natacha Jenny (actress), Jean-Pierre Bugnon (actor), Jean-Pierre Bugnon (actor),
Plot: Arthur's life is far from being perfect. Out of work, he still lives with his old tyrannical mother. Luckily he's very imaginative and he often escapes into imaginary worlds in which he's a movie hero. But it's not always easy to tell the difference between what's real and what's not...
Keywords: accidental-hero, anti-hero, knight, spaceship, woodsActors: Lionnel Astier (actor), Alexandre Astier (director), Alexandre Astier (writer), Alexandre Astier (actor), Jacques Chambon (actor), Emmanuel Pampuri (editor), Simon Astier (actor), Franck Pitiot (actor), Nicolas Gabion (actor), Thomas Cousseau (actor), Anne-Gaëlle Daval (costume designer), Alexis Hénon (actor), Jean-Robert Lombard (actor), Jean-Christophe Hembert (actor), Anne-Laure Castells (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: David de Vos (actor), Robert Amico (actor), Shane Woodson (actor), Scott Allen Perry (actor), Scott Allen Perry (composer), Adam Doench (producer), Adam Doench (actor), Buddy Daniels (actor), Karen Snyder (editor), Damon Shalit (actor), Orly Tepper (actress), Jeff Severson (actor), Trent Hopkins (actor), Mark Primiano (actor), Tordy Clark (actress),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama,Actors: Aleksandr Abdulov (actor), Semyon Farada (actor), Aleksandr Filippenko (actor), Evgeniy Leonov (actor), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (actor), Andrei Tolubeyev (actor), Oleg Yankovskiy (actor), Aleksandr Zbruev (actor), Olga Volkova (actress), Gennadiy Gladkov (composer), Viktor Rakov (actor), Yevgeni Shvarts (writer), Mark Zakharov (director), Mark Zakharov (writer), Aleksandra Zakharova (actress),
Plot: The film is based on the play "Drakon", written by Yevgeni Shvarts in 1943, in Leningrad during WWII. Dragon (Yankovsky) is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot (Abdulov) comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins.
Keywords: allegory, based-on-play, capture, contemporary-references, disguise, dragon, explosion, fire, fisherman, freedomActors: Malcolm McDowell (actor), Candice Bergen (actress), Teri Tordai (actress), Dyan Cannon (actress), Peter Tanner (editor), Nada Pinter (miscellaneous crew), Rupert Everett (actor), Liam Neeson (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Edward Woodward (actor), Charles Gross (composer), Maryam d'Abo (actress), Phyllis Dalton (costume designer), Clive Donner (director), Nikki Clapp (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
Keywords: adultery, affair, arthurian-legend, betrayal, camelot, castle, cave, cavern, character-name-in-title, demonActors: Neil Jordan (miscellaneous crew), John Boorman (writer), John Boorman (director), John Boorman (producer), Corin Redgrave (actor), Trevor Jones (composer), Wayne Docksey (miscellaneous crew), Ciarán Hinds (actor), Gabriel Byrne (actor), Helen Mirren (actress), Patrick Stewart (actor), Liam Neeson (actor), Marie McFerran (miscellaneous crew), William Hobbs (miscellaneous crew), Cherie Lunghi (actress),
Plot: The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalibur and becomes king. Guided by Merlin, Arthur marries Guenivere and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall.
Keywords: 5th-century, 6th-century, adultery, affection, anger, armor, arthurian-legend, assumed-identity, attraction, axeActors: Paul Rieger (actor), Georges Delerue (composer), Jacques Weber (actor), Andrée Champeaux (actress), Claude Santelli (actor), Claude Santelli (writer), Renée Faure (actress), Marie-Christine Barrault (actress), Jacques Lalande (actor), Jean Lanier (actor), Robert Favart (actor), Marcel Pérès (actor), Gabriel Jabbour (actor), Claude Santelli (director), Jean Chevrier (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Luce Fabiole (actress), Rivers Cadet (actor), Armand Bernard (actor), Georges Van Parys (composer), Raymond Cordy (actor), Paul Faivre (actor), Ginette Leclerc (actress), Jeanne Fusier-Gir (actress), Albert Malbert (actor), Alice Tissot (actress), Noël Roquevert (actor), Marcel Vallée (actor), Jean Nohain (writer), Jean Nohain (writer), Pierre Caron (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Casson Ferguson (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor), Kewpie Morgan (actor), Babe London (actress), Shirley Mason (actress), Edward LeSaint (writer), Edward LeSaint (director), Paul Weigel (actor), Harry Spingler (actor), Georgia Woodthorpe (actress), Israel Zangwill (writer), David M. Edwards (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,music: F. Torchia/lyrics: G. Careddu-Desdemona
Sorry for the time I kept you waiting
sorry for the silence you had to listen to
for the man who will fight to defend the good fellow
he will be precious and beloved to his land
for the man who will fight like the howling wind
his name will be written in the pages of history
for the man who will rise to protect his land
his will be the seat on the right of God
Slowly the night falls on me
silence and cold in my bones
I'm foreseeing omens here in the air and nothing seems to move
you and I
you are mine
oh, we're defenders of our land
and this will soothe my pain
and I'm still waiting
to put down my sword
far from my beloved one
staining the ground with blood
my heart's divided by two dreams
Rage taking over
the battle begins
I'm not the King
I'm Sir Lancelot
in front of the throne
I must kneel
legends are telling
I did it for real
I come to get you
I'm Sir Lancelot
before my enemies
I feel power
Sir Lancelot
Lightning is burning the sky
magical words are tracing my way
warriors are resting close to the fire
while girls dance all night
but I still wait to forget my damnation
Merlin cast spells for me
but he doesn't reveal
nobody's better now
Rage taking over
the battle begins
I'm not the King
I'm Sir Lancelot
in front of the throne
I must kneel
legends are telling
I did it for real
I come to get you
I'm Sir Lancelot
before my enemies
I feel stronger
Sir Lancelot
Rage taking over
the battle begins
I'm not the King
I'm Sir Lancelot
in front of the throne
I must kneel
legends are telling
I did it for real
I come to get you
I'm Sir Lancelot
before my enemies
I feel power