14 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 5th Century
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Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
England The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyMystery, Inc. is back! — An evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.
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Agora
🇪🇬 Egypt 🇮🇹 Italy The 4th Century The 5th Century The Middle AgesAlexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The World Changed Forever. — A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
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Pendragon: Sword of His Father
England The Middle Ages The 5th CenturySet in 411 AD, Pendragon tells the story of young Artos who is raised to believe that God has a purpose for each day. When his family killed and he is taken into slavery by the Saxons, Artos questions his God. Advancing through the military ranks, Artos begins to understand that his father's vision was not based on the strength of man, but on the plan of God. Further betrayal by his friends forces Artos to decide between following God's plan unto certain death or abandoning God to save his own life.
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The Last Legion
England 🇮🇹 Italy The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyThe end of an empire...the beginning of a legend. — As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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King Arthur
Wales England 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyRule Your Fate. — The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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Ring of the Nibelungs
🇮🇸 Iceland 🇩🇪 Germany The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyThe Nordic legend that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write the Lord of the Ring trilogy. — In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending him on the quest of a lifetime. To save a crumbling kingdom claim the heart of his true love, he'll have to slay the nefarious dragon, Fafnir.
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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
🇮🇪 Ireland England The 5th CenturyA young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. Upon setting foot on the Irish soil, all snakes are aitomatically driven from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny and ultimately being given Sainthood.
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Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings
🇹🇷 Turkey The 5th CenturyTarkan Versus the Vikings, Turkey’s answer to the Italian sword and sandal films, is more fun than the proverbial barrel of monkeys and just as crazed. Everything in this movie is energetic, outsized, colorful and wacky, from Tarkan’s mighty moustache to the Vikings’ red and blue fuzzy underoos. Tarkan doesn’t just walk around, like Hercules - he runs, he leaps, he literally bounces from place to place. The gigantic melees capture the frenetic flavor of old Errol Flynn movies, but up the ante of sex and violence to please ‘70s moviegoers. It’s like Conan the Barbarian done on $10,000 and amphetamines. - CSB
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The Sword in the Stone
England The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyTired of living in a Medieval mess... Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero! — Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
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La vendetta dei barbari
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Attila
🇮🇹 Italy The 5th CenturySee the Hun Hordes Storm Out of Asia to Crash Head-On Into the Vaunted Roman Legions! — Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
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Sign of the Pagan
🇮🇹 Italy The 5th CenturyThe Story of Attila the Hun! — Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.
