Arthur & Merlin

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marco van Belle directs. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in Italian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
• 4Kirk Barker and Adrian Bouchet and David Sterne carry the top of the cast.
• 5Marketing tagline: "The Legend Begins".
• 6IMDB entry: tt4065340 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 8Classified under 8 themes, including "hermit", "druid", "king arthur", "king".

The technical file

Runtime

103 min · 1h 43m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$3,000,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Arthur & Merlin (2015) ↗

IMDB rating

4.4/10 · 1,657 votes

MPAA

Not Rated

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Trailers & featurettes

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  Arthur & Merlin Official Trailer (2015)

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  ARTHUR & MERLIN Official Trailer HD (2015)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• CinemaSerf2025-01-23
  ★ 5/10

  This is actually quite a watchable drama that's been made with one camera on a shoestring budget in some caves somewhere is darkest Staffordshire. It's a precursor to traditional Arthurian legend but still follows that young man - thus far called "Arthfael" (Kirk Barker) as he falls foul of nasty king "Vortigern" (David Sterne) and his henchman "Aberthol" (Nigel Cooke) who murdered his mother when he was young and then drove the young man into the woods. He's heard tell of the legendary "Myrrdin" (Stefan Butler) in whom he thinks he can put his trust and maybe get some vengeance. What now ensues is all fairly predictable, but rather than dot the thing with endless cheap and cheerful visual effects, it satisfies itself with a few blue bulbs (out of shot) and some slightly comical acting to feign the mysticism, hypnotism and evil of the times. There's probably too much dialogue and at times you just want to scream "get a room" to our intrepid pair of rebels, but by limiting itself to delivering something that doesn't rely on tech is hasn't got, it works akin to one of the old television episodes of "Robin of Sherwood" meets "Merlin". No, you'll never remember it afterwards, but if you like the genre and the characters then there are plenty of worse renditions out there.

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Production companies

Who made it

• MY

  Myrrdin

Key crew

• Executive ProducerAndrew Loveday
• Executive ProducerSean O'Kelly
• Production ManagerJoe Burrows
• First Assistant DirectorXavier Ballester
• First Assistant DirectorJoe Burrows
• Third Assistant DirectorMatt Gilooly
• Third Assistant DirectorMario Roberto
• ProducerRob Speranza
• ProducerMarco van Belle
• Foley ArtistTapio Liukkonen
• Foley EditorTapio Liukkonen
• MusicGraham Plowman

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• hermit
• druid
• king arthur
• king
• middle ages (476-1453)
• wizard
• sword and sorcery
• celts

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2015-11-06PG-13