The Beastmaster
The Beastmaster is a 1982 American-West German sword and sorcery film directed by Don Coscarelli and starring Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. Loosely based on the 1959 novel The Beast Master by Alice "Andre" Norton, the film is about a man who can communicate with animals, and who fights an evil wizard and his army.
Plot
In the kingdom of Aruk, witches tell high priest Maax [ ] a prophecy that he will die at the hands of King Zed's unborn son. Maax sends one of his witches to kidnap and kill the child. The witch magically transports the child from his mother's womb and into a bull. Later she cuts the baby out of the bull and brands it with the mark of Ar, and is about to sacrifice him when a villager rescues the child and raises him as his own son in the village of Emur. Named Dar, the child learns how to fight, and, having been brought into the world by an animal through magic, he develops the ability to telepathically communicate with animals. Years later, a fully grown Dar witnesses his people being slaughtered by the Juns, a horde of fanatic barbarians allied with Maax. Dar, the only survivor of the attack, journeys to Aruk to avenge his people. In time, Dar is joined by a golden eagle he names Sherak, a pair of thieving ferrets he names Kodo and Podo, and a black "panther" he names Ruh.
More details
| author | Don Coscarelli |
|---|---|
| director | Don Coscarelli |
| editor | Roy Watts |
| genre | adventure fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | baby black panther burn capture golden eagle high priest how to slave girl stab surround the king warn wound |
| musicBy | Lee Holdridge |
| producer | Donald P. Borchers Sylvio Tabet |
| productionCompany | Beastmaster N.V. ECTA Filmproduktion, GmbH & Co., K.G |
| publisher | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. |
| theme | science fantasy |