Cast
- Nigel Terry as King Arthur
- Helen Mirren as Morgana Le Fay
- Nicholas Clay as Lancelot
- Cherie Lunghi as Guenevere
- Paul Geoffrey as Perceval
- Nicol Williamson as Merlin
- Corin Redgrave as Cornwall
- Patrick Stewart as King Leondegrance
- Keith Buckley as Uryens
- Clive Swift as Sir Ector
- Liam Neeson as Sir Gawain
- Gabriel Byrne as Uther Pendragon
- Robert Addie as Mordred (as an adult)
- Katrine Boorman as Igraine
- Ciarán Hinds as King Lot
Even though he was 35 years old, Nigel Terry plays King Arthur from his teenage years to his ending as an aged monarch.
Several members of the Boorman family also appeared in the picture: his daughter Katrine Boorman played Igrayne, Arthur's mother, and his son Charley Boorman portrayed Mordred as a boy. Because of the number of Boormans involved with the film, it is sometimes called "The Boorman Family Project."
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