Fire and Sword

Fire and Sword
Directed by	[de]
Screenplay by	[de]
Starring	Christoph Waltz Peter Firth Leigh Lawson
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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

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

Cast[]

Christoph Waltz – Tristan
– 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 at IMDb

show v t Films based on Arthurian legends
Medieval Arthur	The Adventures of Sir Galahad (serial, 1949) Knights of the Round Table (1953) The Black Knight (1954) Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) Siege of the Saxons (1963) Camelot (1967) Excalibur (1981) First Knight (1995) Arthur and Merlin (2015) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Pearl Poet	Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) Sword of the Valiant (1984) The Green Knight (2021)
Roman Arthur	King Arthur (2004) The Last Legion (2007)
Foreign adaptations	Lancelot du Lac Perceval le Gallois Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Films based on Wagner's Parsifal	Parsifal (1904) The Evil Forest (1951) Parsifal (1982)
Films from Twain's Connecticut Yankee	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988; sovet) A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Based on the Tristan legend	L'Éternel retour (1943) The Woman Next Door (1981) Lovespell (1981) Fire and Sword (1982) In the Shadow of the Raven (1988) Tristan & Isolde (English 2006)
Adaptations of Prince Valiant	Prince Valiant (1954) Prince Valiant (1997)
Parodies & modern adaptations	Knights of the Square Table (1917) King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) Squareheads of the Round Table (1948) Knutzy Knights (1954) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Knightriders (1981) The Fisher King (1991) Seaview Knights (1994) Kids of the Round Table (1995) Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996) The Mighty (1998) Merlin: The Return (2000) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2002) Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Animation	Knight-mare Hare (1955) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) The Sword in the Stone (1963) Willy McBean and his Magic Machine (1965) Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988) Quest for Camelot (1998) Shrek the Third (2007) Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021)
TV films	Avalon High The Excalibur Kid The Four Diamonds Merlin and the Sword Merlin: The Quest Begins Guinevere (1994) A Knight in Camelot (1998) Young Arthur (2002)

show v t 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 [de] 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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