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Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
1985 · Directed by Richard Donner · 121 min · Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy · 15 frames
Tagline
No force in Heaven will release them. No power on Earth can save them.
Crew
- Screenplay: Michael Thomas, Tom Mankiewicz, David Webb Peoples, Edward Khmara
- Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
- Edited by: Stuart Baird
- Music: Andrew Powell
- Production design: Wolf Kroeger
- Produced by: Lauren Shuler Donner, Richard Donner
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Phillipe Gaston
- Rutger Hauer as Captain Etienne Navarre
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Isabeau d'Anjou
- Alfred Molina as Cezar
- John Wood as Bishop of Aquila
- Leo McKern as Father Imperius
- Ken Hutchison as Marquet
- Giancarlo Prete as Fornac
- Loris Loddi as Jehan
- Charles Borromel as Insane Prisoner
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $18,432,000
- Themes: moon, swordplay, twilight, monk, bishop, cathedral, falcon, solar eclipse, romance, thief
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