Alfred the Great (film)

Alfred the Great
Directed byClive Donner
Written byJames R. Webb
Ken Taylor
Produced byBernard Smith
StarringDavid Hemmings
Michael York
Prunella Ransome
Colin Blakely
Ian McKellen
Peter Vaughan
Alan Dobie
Julian Glover
Vivien Merchant
CinematographyAlex Thomson
Edited byFergus McDonell
Music byRaymond Leppard
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 14 July 1969 (1969-07-14)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$197,788 (US)[2]

Alfred the Great is a 1969 British epic historical drama film which portrays Alfred the Great's struggle to defend the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from a Danish Viking invasion in the 9th century. David Hemmings starred in the title role.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reisfeld1968 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "U.S. Films' Share-of-Market Profile", Variety, 12 May 1971 p 179