The Black Cauldron
1985, Film, 80 min, Action, Adventure, Animation, English, United States, MoviePedia score 62
Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it.
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Cast
- Grant Bardsley as Taran
- Freddie Jones as Dallben
- Susan Sheridan as Eilonwy
- Nigel Hawthorne as Fflewddur
- Arthur Malet as King Eidilleg
- John Byner as Doli
- Lindsay Rich as Fairfolk
- Brandon Call as Fairfolk
- Gregory Levinson as Fairfolk
- Eda Reiss Merin as Orddu
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