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07/04/2006 Drama, Romance 2h 5m
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Fighting countries can still love...

Overview

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

  1. Kevin Reynolds

    Director

  2. Dean Georgaris

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. James Franco

    Tristan

  2. Sophia Myles

    Isolde

  3. Rufus Sewell

    Marke

  4. David O'Hara

    Donnchadh

  5. Mark Strong

    Wictred

  6. Henry Cavill

    Melot

  7. Bronagh Gallagher

    Bragnae

  8. Ronan Vibert

    Bodkin

  9. Lucy Russell

    Edyth

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2025-05-22
**_One of the Best Medieval/British Isle flicks_**

Remember the three such movies of 1995: "Braveheart," "Rob Roy" and "First Knight"? "Tristan + Isolde" is better than all of them or, at least, on par. It shares plot elements of "First Knight" with the king's trusted protégé playing around with his young wife, but "Tristan + Isolde" is just overall superior.

James Franco plays the brooding Tristan, who has good reason to be sullen, except when he escapes into Isolde's arms in secret. Sophia Myles works well as the Irish princess, Isolde, who's given as a gift to the king of the Brits,...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$31,000,000.00

Revenue
$28,000,000.00

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