Fire and Sword

Fire and Sword
Directed by	Veith von Fürstenberg
Screenplay by	Max Zihlmann
Starring	Christoph Waltz Antonia Preser Peter Firth Leigh Lawson
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Fire and Sword (Feuer und Schwert – Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde) is a 1982 German romance/adventure film, directed by Veith von Fürstenberg. It is based on the legend of Tristan and Iseult.

The film won the Caixa de Catalunya in Best Cinematography and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film.

Cast

Christoph Waltz – Tristan
Antonia Preser – Isolde
Peter Firth – Dinas
Leigh Lawson – King Mark
Brendan Cauldwell – 1st Baron
Walo Lüönd – Gorvenal
Kurt Raab – Ganelon
Vladek Sheybal – Andret

External links

Fire and Sword on IMDb

Films based on Arthurian legends
Live-action	Army of Darkness Arthur and Merlin Avalon High The Black Knight Camelot Dragonheart Dragons of Camelot Dr. Strange (1978) Excalibur First Knight The Four Diamonds Gawain and the Green Knight Guinevere King Arthur King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) Knights of the Round Table Lancelot and Guinevere Lancelot du Lac The Last Legion Merlin and the War of the Dragons Merlin: The Return Merlin: The Quest Begins Perceval le Gallois Prince Valiant (1954) Prince Valiant (1997) Siege of the Saxons The Sorcerer's Apprentice Sword of the Valiant Young Arthur
Films from Twain's Connecticut Yankee	A Connecticut Yankee (1931) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) A Kid in King Arthur's Court A Knight in Camelot New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court Unidentified Flying Oddball
Films based on Tristan and Iseult legend	Fire and Sword Lovespell Tristan & Isolde
Films based on Wagner's Parsifal	Parsifal (1904) The Evil Forest (1951) Parsifal (1982)
Comedies	King Arthur Was a Gentleman Knutzy Knights Monty Python and the Holy Grail Squareheads of the Round Table
Animation	Knight-mare Hare Merlin and the Dragons Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Quest for Camelot The Sword in the Stone

Tristan and Iseult
Characters	Anguish of Ireland Iseult Kahedin Mark of Cornwall Meliodas Morholt Tristan
Medieval sources	Thomas of Britain's Tristran Béroul's Tristan Gottfried's Tristan Prose Tristan "Cligès" "Chevrefoil" Folie Tristan d'Oxford Sir Tristrem
Later literature	"Tristram and Iseult" Tristram of Lyonesse Arthur Rex Finnegans Wake Tristan Tristan and Iseult
Music	Tristan und Isolde (1865, Wagner) Discography Tristan chord "Liebestod" Souvenirs de Munich (ca. 1887) Turangalîla-Symphonie (1949, Messiaen) Tristan (1975, Henze) Qntal III: Tristan und Isolde (2003) "Tristan" (2005)
Film	L'Éternel retour (1943) The Woman Next Door (1981) Lovespell (1981) Fire and Sword (1982) In the Shadow of the Raven (1988) Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Art	Tristan Quilt Tristram and Isoude stained glass panels

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