A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale

132 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | May 11, 2001

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

A Knight's Tale

132 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | May 11, 2001

A Knight's Tale
William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Columbia Pictures, Escape Artists, Black and Blu Entertainment, Finestkind
Original title A Knight's Tale
Directors William Booker, Jiří Ostrý, Jez Oakley, Beverly Winston, Petr Drozda, Allan Graf, Brian Helgeland
Writers Brian Helgeland

Cast

Heath Ledger

as William Thatcher

Rufus Sewell

as Count Adhemar

Shannyn Sossamon

as Jocelyn

Paul Bettany

as Geoffrey Chaucer

Laura Fraser

as Kate

Mark Addy

as Roland

Alan Tudyk

as Wat

Bérénice Bejo

as Christiana

Scott Handy

as Germaine

James Purefoy

as Colville

Leagh Conwell

as Young William Thatcher

Christopher Cazenove

as John Thatcher

Steven O'Donnell

as Simon the Summoner

Jonathan Slinger

as Peter the Pardoner

Nick Brimble

as Sir Ector

Karel Dobrý

as Flanders King of Arms

Philip Lenkowsky

as Rouen King of Arms

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

as Old Bishop

Petr Meissel

as Sword Official

Matthew Mills

as Colville's Herald

Daniel Rous

as Local Earl Lagny

Miroslav Mokos

as French Squire

Noel Le Bon

as French Squire

Scott Bellefeville

as French Squire

David Schneider

as Relic Seller

Rudolf Kubík

as Paris Master of Arms

David Fisher

as London King of Arms

David Sterne

as Retired Knight

Alice Connor

as Lone Girl

Berwick Kaler

as Man in Stocks

Howie Lotker

as Lagny Master at Arms

Jan Kuželka

as Smithee

Václav Krejčí

as Smithee

Jan Nemejovský

as Smithee

Jakob Schwarz

as Blackbird Knight (uncredited)