Hero
Directed byBarney Platts-Mills
Written byBarney Platts-Mills
Produced byAndrew St. John
CinematographyAdam Barker-Mill
Music byJimmy Davidson
Al Fraser
Paul Steen
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
LanguageScottish Gaelic

Hero is a 1982 British independent adventure-fantasy film written and directed by Barney Platts-Mills. Set in the medieval age, it is spoken entirely in Scottish Gaelic.[1]

The film was entered into the main competition at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2][3]

Plot

Cast

  • Derek McGuire as Dermid O'Duinne
  • Caroline Kenneil as Princess Grannia
  • Alastair Kenneil as Finn MacCumhaill
  • Stewart Grant as Osin
  • Harpo Hamilton as Oscar

References

  1. Variety Film Reviews, Vol. 17. Bowker, 1989. ISBN 9780824052171.
  2. Stefano Reggiani. "Ecco i film che a Venezia si contendono i Leoni d'oro". La Stampa (183). 28 July 1982.
  3. Forsyth Hardy (1990). Scotland in Film. Edinburgh University Press, 1990. ISBN 0748601600.
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