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A Knight's Tale(Movie, 2001)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 12min | Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, Action
A Knight's TaleRating: 3.4/5 (with 13411,341 votes)
A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American medieval action comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward the Black Prince (James Purefoy) and Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany). Its 14th-century story is intentionally anachronistic, with many modern pop culture references and a soundtrack featuring 1970s music. The film takes its name from Chaucer's The Knight's Tale, part of The Canterbury Tales, and also draws several plot points from Chaucer's work. A Knight's Tale was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on May 11, 2001. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $117.5 million against a budget of $65 million. In 2012, a TV series adaptation was reported to be in development by American Broadcasting Company, writ... ()
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Duration: 2h 12min
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Duration: 2h 12min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for A Knight's Tale

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

About A Knight's Tale

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: London
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 33 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/06/2001 (World premiere: 05/11/2001)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Corazón de caballero"
"Kato ritsarite"
"Chevalier"
"Corazón de caballero"
"O thrylos enos ippoti"
"Rock You!"
"ロック・ユー!"
"Priča o vitezu"
"Istoriya rytsarya"
"騎士風雲錄"
"Istoriya lytsarya"
"Knight's Tale"
Budget: 65,000,000 USD
Revenue: 117,487,473 USD (= 181%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3272, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024