Krull is a 1983 fantasy film directed by Peter Yates the film is now 28 years old.  The world of Krull is invaded by an evil alien only known as The Beast and his army of Slayers who travel the galaxy in the mountain like spaceship known as the Black Fortress.  Two rival kingdoms have formed an alliance against The Beast and The Slayers, Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshal) the son of King Turlord and Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony) daughter of King Eirig decide to marry to unite the two kingdoms in hope that together their combined forces will be strong enough to defeat the Beast and his armies.  It was foretold that Lyssa who has an ancient name would bear a child destined to rule the galaxy.  The Beast intent on ensuring that this came true has his Slayers attack on the wedding day.  During the wedding ceremony the Slayers attack the castle and kill everyone in it only to capture Princess Lyssa and take her back to the Black Fortress.  Prince Colwyn is the only survivor of the attack and is nursed back to health by Ynyr the Old One (Freddie Jones).  Told by Ynyr that Princess Lyssa is alive and well but held captive in the Black Fortress, Prince Colwyn sets out to find the Glaive an ancient and magical star shaped weapon that he must retrieve from a lava cave high in the mountain peaks.  Now he has the Glaive he must learn the location of the Black Fortress, which teleports to a new location on the planet at sunrise every day. On his journey he is joined by a cowardly shape shifting magician Ergo the Magnificent (David Battley) the cyclops Rell (Bernard Bresslaw) and Torquil (Alun Armstrong) is the leader of a band of escaped convicts Colwyn encounters along the way which includes Kegan (Liam Neeson), Rhun (Robbie Coltrane) and Oswyn (Todd Carty).  Colwyn enlists the convicts in return for there freedom and removal of their shackles.  Colwyn and the others are taken to see the Emerald Seer by Ynyr an old friend of the Emerald Seer,  he is a blind prophet the Emerald Seer (John Welsh) who might be able to tell him of the next location of the Black Fortress but during his attempt to see the Black Fortress The Beast opposes his vision destroying his Emerald crystal. The Emerald Seer tells Colwyn that he must travel with him and his young apprentice Titch (Graham McGrath) to the Emerald Temple in the middle of the swamps for him to see the next location of the Black Fortress, there The Beast cannot oppose his vision.  While traveling through the swamp they are attacked by Slayers, during the attack he Emerald seer is killed before he can reveal the next location of The Black Fortress.  Ynyr is left with only one option he must see the Widow of the Web (Francesca Annis) for aid at the cost of his own life.  The Widow of the Web is an enchantress who long ago loved Ynyr and whose terrible crime exiled her to live within the lair of a giant spider.  A dying Ynyr tells Colwyn the next location of the Black Fortress he has until sunrise to find the Black Fortress before it moves location again.   Colwyn and his followers reach the Black Fortress in time by using Fire Mares (the only transport fast enough to reach the teleporting fortress in the same day).  Upon arrival they are held back by Slayers who manage to kill Rhun, then Rell arrives on a Fire Mare and climbs up the outside of the Black Fortress and withstands the Slayer onslaught to hold open the huge rock doors long enough for Colwyn and the others to enter but dies as the entrance closes and crushes him.  Kegan dies shortly after at the hands of a Slayer and Colwyn is separated from the others, Ergo transforms into a tiger to fight the Slayers and protect Titch.  Torquil and Oswyn are trapped in a cave that threatens to kill them by impaling them on spikes coming through the walls.  Colwyn enters the heart of the Black Fortress and begins to battle The Beast injuring him non fatally with the Glaive and finds Lyssa, he is unable to retrieve the Glaive from the Beast’s body.   Lyssa then realizes that the flame she passed Colwyn at the marriage ceremony can finish the beast not the Glaive.  He uses the flame to kill The Beast and they make their way out of the Fortress  finding Torquil,Oswyn,Ergo and Titch along the way.  Colwyn uses the flame to blast his way out of the Fortress, which collapses and disappears up and out of Krull.  Colwyn names Torquil as his Lord Marshall, Torquil accepts. As the heroes depart across a field the narrator confirms that they will rule the world and their child shall rule the galaxy.

Kenneth Marshall
Kenneth Marshall is an American actor he is probably best known for his portrayal of the character Michael Eddington in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine.  His films include Tilt (1979), La pelle (1981), Claws (1982), Krull (1983), The Stay Awake (1987), Feds (1988), The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989), Burndown (1990), Amberwaves (1994) and Berlin 39 (1994).   His films for television include Snap Shot (1989), Message from Nam (1993), Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994), Black Velvet Band (1997), Held in Havanna (2000) and Shaka Zulu (2001).  He has appeared in TV series such as How the West Was Won”, Marco Polo, In the Heat of the Night, Baywatch, Hunter, Quantum Leap, The Commish, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, JAG and The District.

Lysette Anthony
Lysette Anthony is an English actress her films include Night Train to Murder (1983), Krull (1983), L’étincelle (1984), A Drop in the Ocean (1985), The Emperor’s New Clothes (1987), Without a Clue (1988), Switch (1991), The Pleasure Principle (1992), Husbands and Wives (1992), Face the Music (1993), The Advocate (1993), Look Who’s Talking Now (1993), A Brilliant Disguise (1994), Save Me (1994), The Hard Truth (1994), Affair play (1995), Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995), Dracula Dead and Loving It (1995), Robinson Crusoe (1997), Man of Her Dreams (1997), Tale of the Mummy (1998), Misbegotten (1998), Beneath Loch Ness (2001), Farewell to Harry (2002) and A Meeting at Last (2008) and Study After Cruel Intentions (2010).   Her films for television include Ivanhoe (1982), Oliver Twist (1982), Beauty and the Beast (1982), Princess Daisy (1983), Jack the Ripper (1988), The Lady and the Highwayman (1989), Dark Shadows (1990), A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990), Target of Suspicion (1994), Trilogy of Terror II (1996), Hotel (2001) and The Paper Round (2002).  She has appeared in TV series such as Dombey & Son, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Crown Court, The Gentle Touch, Summer Season, Oliver Twist, Lovejoy, Three Up, Two Down, Dark Shadows, Moon Over Miami, Tales from the Crypt, Highlander The Raven, Jonathan Creek, Agatha Christie Poirot, The Bill, Doctors, Hollyoaks, Casualty, Doctors and Coronation Street.

Freddie Jones
Freddie Jones is an English actor his films include Accident (1967), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968), Otley (1969), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), Doctor in Trouble (1970), Goodbye Gemini (1970), Mr Horatio Knibbles (1971), Kidnapped (1971), Assault (1971), Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Sitting Target (1972), Gollocks There’s Plenty of Room in New Zealand (1973), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), Old Dracula (1974), Romance with a Double Bass (1974), Son of Dracula (1974), Juggernaut (1974), Never Too Young to Rock (1975), Zulu Dawn (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Captain Stirrick (1982), Firefox (1982), Krull (1983), And the Ship Sails On (1983), Firestarter (1984), Dune (1984, Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Comrades (1986), Mashenka (1987), Consuming Passions (1988), Erik the Viking (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The Last Butterfly (1991), Spies Inc (1992), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993), Prince of Jutland (1994), The Neverending Story III (1994), Seeing Things (1997), Married 2 Malcolm (1998), What Rats Won’t Do (1998), My Life So Far (1999), House! (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Ladies in Lavender (2004), The Libertine (2004), Caught in the Act (2008) and Come on Eileen (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Z Cars, The Avengers, The Saint, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Boon, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Lovejoy, Midsomer Murders, The Royal, Casualty, Heartbeat and Emmerdale Farm.

Alun Armstrong
Alun Armstrong is a English actor his films include Get Carter (1971), The Sex Victims (1973), The 14 (1973), The Likely Lads (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Duellists (1977), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), Krull (1983), Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987), Number 27 (1988), The Child Eater (1989), Djavolji raj (1989), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), American Friends (1991), London Kills Me (1991), Split Second (1992), Patriot Games (1992), Blue Ice (1992), My Little Eye (1992), Black Beauty (1994), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Braveheart (1995), The Saint (1997), With or Without You (1999), Onegin (1999), Greenwich Mean Time (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Harrison’s Flowers (2000), Proof of Life (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Strictly Sinatra (2001), It’s All About Love (2003), Paradise Found (2003), Van Helsing (2004), Millions (2004), Oliver Twist (2005), A Ticket Too Far (2006) and Eragon (2006). He has appeared in TV series such as New Scotland Yard, Villains, Full House, Hunter’s Walk, Six Days of Justice, Father Brown, The Sweeney, The New Avengers, Porridge, Z Cars, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, Inspector Morse, Tales from the Crypt, Alas Smith & Jones, Married with Children, Bleak House and New Tricks.

Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane is a Scottish actor he is known both for his role as Dr Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.  His films include Deathwatch (1980), Flash Gordon (1980), Subway Riders (1981), Gateway to the South (1981), Britannia Hospital (1982), Loose Connections (1983), Scrubbers (1983), Krull (1983), Ghost Dance (1983), Chinese Boxes (1984), Defence of the Realm (1985), National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985), The Supergrass (1985), Revolution (1985), Caravaggio (1986), Absolute Beginners (1986), Mona Lisa (1986), Midnite Breaks (1986), Eat the Rich (1987), The Fruit Machine (1988), Slipstream (1989), Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool (1989), Let It Ride (1989), Lenny Live and Unleashed (1989), Henry V (1989), Nuns on the Run (1990), Midnight Breaks (1990), Perfectly Normal (1991), Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991), The Pope Must Die (1991), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), James Bond GoldenEye (1995), Buddy (1997), Montana (1998), Frogs for Snakes (1998), Message in a Bottle (1999), James Bond The World Is Not Enough (1999), From Hell (2001), On the Nose (2001), Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Ocean’s Twelve (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Provoked: A True Story (2006), Stormbreaker (2006), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Brothers Bloom (2008), Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).  He has appeared in TV series such as The Lost Tribe, Metal Mickey, Are You Being Served, The Young Ones, Minder, Blackadder the Third, French and Saunders, Cracker and Frasier.

Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor his films include Pilgrim’s Progress (1979), Christiana (1979), Nailed (1981), Excalibur (1981), Krull (1983), The Bounty (1984), The Innocent (1985), Lamb (1985), The Mission (1986), Duet for One (1986), A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Suspect (1987), Satisfaction (1988), The Dead Pool (1988), The Good Mother (1989), High Spirits (1988), Next of Kin (1989), Darkman (1990), The Big Man (1990), Under Suspicion (1991), Revolver (1991), Shining Through (1992), Husbands and Wives (1992), Leap of Faith (1992), Ethan Frome (1993), Ruby Cairo (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Nell (1994), Rob Roy (1995), Before and After (1996), Michael Collins (1996), Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999), The Haunting (1999), Gun Shy (2000), K19 The Widowmaker (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Love Actually (2003), Kinsey (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Seraphim Falls (2006), Taken (2008), The Other Man (2008), Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), Chloe (2009), After Life (2009), Clash of the Titans (2010), The A Team (2010), The Next Three Days (2010) and Unknown (2011).  In 2005 he provided the voice for Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and again in 2008s The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).
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