Druids (French: Vercingétorix: La légende du druide roi) is a French film first released on August 31, 2001, directed by Jacques Dorfmann. It stars Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inés Sastre, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, and Max von Sydow.
The film portrays a pivotal part of the life of a benevolent Gallic chieftain named Vercingetorix in the year 60 BC when his village is threatened by the advancing armies of Rome.
In the year 60 B.C. ...
more
Druids (French: Vercingétorix: La légende du druide roi) is a French film first released on August 31, 2001, directed by Jacques Dorfmann. It stars Christopher Lambert, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Inés Sastre, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, and Max von Sydow.
The film portrays a pivotal part of the life of a benevolent Gallic chieftain named Vercingetorix in the year 60 BC when his village is threatened by the advancing armies of Rome.
In the year 60 B.C. a group of Druids, including the arch-druid Guttuart (Max von Sydow), witness the passing of a comet and interpret it as the sign of the coming of a king for their country Gaul, which has not had a king for a long time. Guttuart goes to Gergovia, the capital of the Arvenes tribe, to attend a meeting of Gallic tribal chieftains. The young boy Vercingetorix, along with his friend the young girl Eponia, sneak into a large cavern where Celtill, Vercingetorix's father and chieftain of the Arvenes, hosts the meeting of chieftains with the intention...
less
