List of films based on Germanic mythology

This is a list of films based on Germanic mythology.

Beowulf

• 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), a computer 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

• Hagbard and Signe (1967)
• Prince of Jutland (1994)

Household and nature spirits

• Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982–1989)
• Tomte Tummetott and the Fox (2007)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
• Thale (2012)
• Reven og Nissen (2019)

Kraken

• 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

• 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

Norse pantheon

• En vikingafilm : Filmspex i 5 avdelningar (1922)[3]
• 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 (2019)[4]

Marvel's Thor

• 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)

Ragnar Lodbrok

• The Vikings (1958)

Trolls and jötnar

• Sotlugg och Linlugg (1948)[5]
• The Last Farm in the Valley (1950)[6]
• Karius and Bactus (1954)
• The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll (1967)[7]
• 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

• I Nibelunghi (1910)[8]
• Siegfried (1912)[8]
• Die Nibelungen (1924)
• The Dragon's Blood (1957)
• Treasure of the Petrified Forest (1965)
• Die Nibelungen (1966/1967)
• The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried / The Erotic Adventures of Siegfried (1970)[9]
• Sigurd Fafnersbane (1981)[10]
• Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
• The Charlemagne Code (2008)

See also

• List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology
• List of films based on Slavic mythology
• Norse mythology in popular culture

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. Martin Arnold. Thor: Myth to Marvel.
9. SIEGFRIED UND DAS SAGENHAFTE LIEBESLEBEN DER NIBELUNGEN (1971). British Film Institute.
10. Sigurd Fafnersbane. Danish Film Institute.