List of films based on Germanic mythology

This is a list of films based on Germanic mythology.

Beowulf

Main article: List of translations and artistic depictions of Beowulf
Title Release date Notes
Grendel Grendel Grendel 1981
Animated Epics: Beowulf 1998
Beowulf 1999 a science-fiction/fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert.
The 13th Warrior 1999 action movie directed by John McTiernan mixing Beowulf with the travels of Ibn Fadlan.
Beowulf & Grendel 2005 starring Gerard Butler and directed by the Icelandic-Canadian Sturla Gunnarsson.
Grendel 2007 a made-for television movie on the Sci Fi Channel (United States).
Beowulf 2007 a DVD release of a performance of Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby in the original Old English
Beowulf 2007 an 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.[1][2]
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats 2007
Outlander 2008 a science fiction film starring James Caviezel.

Gesta Danorum

Main article: Gesta Danorum
See also: Hamlet on screen
Title Release date Notes
Hagbard and Signe 1967
Prince of Jutland 1994
The Northman 2022

Household and nature spirits

Title Release date Notes
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl 1982–1989
Tomte Tummetott and the Fox 2007
The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008
Thale 2012
The Tomten and the Fox 2019

Kraken

Main article: Kraken in popular culture
Title Release date Notes
Clash of the Titans 1981
Atlantis: Milo's Return 2003
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
Clash of the Titans 2010
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018

Mother Hulda

Main article: Frau Holle
Title Release date Notes
Mother Holly 1906 Germany
Frau Holle 1953 East Germany
Mother Holly 1954 West Germany
Mother Holly 1961 West Germany
Mother Holly 1963 East Germany
Once Upon a Time 1973 West Germany
The Feather Fairy 1985 Czechoslovakia
Frau Holle 2008 Germany

Nibelungenlied

Title Release date Notes
Die Nibelungen 1924
The Dragon's Blood 1957
Die Nibelungen 1966/1967
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King 2004

Norse pantheon

Title Release date Notes
En vikingafilm : Filmspex i 5 avdelningar[3] 1922
The Virgin Spring 1960
Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight 1985
Valhalla 1986
Erik the Viking 1989
The Runestone 1991
Berserker 2004
Son of the Mask 2005
Hammer of the Gods 2009
Almighty Thor 2011
Legends of Valhalla: Thor 2011
Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods 2011
Vikingdom 2013
Gåten Ragnarok 2013
Kung Fury 2015
Valhalla[4] 2019

Marvel's Thor

Main article: Thor (Marvel Comics) in other media
Title Release date Notes
The Marvel Super Heroes 1966
Hulk Vs. Thor 2009
Thor 2011
Thor: Tales of Asgard 2011
Thor: The Dark World 2013
Team Thor 2016
Team Thor: Part 2 2017
Thor: Ragnarok 2017
Thor: Love and Thunder 2022

Ragnar Lodbrok

Main article: Ragnar Lodbrok
Title Release date Notes
The Vikings 1958

Trolls and jötnar

Main articles: Troll and Jötunn
Title Release date Notes
Sotlugg och Linlugg[5] 1948
The Last Farm in the Valley[6] 1950
Karius and Bactus 1954
The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll[7] 1967
The Trolls and the Christmas Express 1981
The Boy Who Loved Trolls 1984
Troll 1986
The Little Troll Prince 1987
Ernest Scared Stupid 1991
Rolli: Amazing Tales 1991
Det var en gang 1994
A Troll in Central Park 1994
Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods 2001
Quest for a Heart 2007
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber 2008
Trollhunter 2010
Frozen 2013
Rölli ja kultainen avain 2013
The Boxtrolls 2014
Rölli ja kaikkien aikojen salaisuus 2016
Trolls 2016
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King 2017
The Ritual 2017
Border 2018
Askeladden - I Soria Moria slott 2019

Völsung and Nibelung tradition

Main articles: Völsung Cycle and Nibelungenlied
Title Release date Notes
I Nibelunghi[8] 1910
Siegfried[8] 1912
Die Nibelungen 1924
The Dragon's Blood 1957
Treasure of the Petrified Forest 1965
Die Nibelungen 1966/1967
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried [de] / The Erotic Adventures of Siegfried[9] 1970
Sigurd Fafnersbane[10] 1981
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King 2004
The Charlemagne Code 2008

See also

References

  1. ^ Walter Quinn (2007-11-23). "Beowulf' movie takes poetic license – and then some – from the original text". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ^ Duane Dudek (2007-11-16). "The Real Beowulf". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  3. ^ En vikingafilm : Filmspex i 5 avdelningar (1922). Swedish Film Institute.
  4. ^ Valhalla. Danish Film Institute.
  5. ^ Sotlugg och Linlugg (1948). Swedish Film Institute.
  6. ^ Last Farm in the Valley, The. Icelandic Film Centre.
  7. ^ The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll. Caprino.no.
  8. ^ a b Martin Arnold. Thor: Myth to Marvel.
  9. ^ SIEGFRIED UND DAS SAGENHAFTE LIEBESLEBEN DER NIBELUNGEN (1971). British Film Institute.
  10. ^ Sigurd Fafnersbane. Danish Film Institute.