A Knight's Tale

(2001)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 3,498 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Action

Year: 2001

Runtime: 132 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Брайан Хелгеленд

Cast: Хит Леджер, Руфус Сьюэлл, Shannyn Sossamon, Пол Беттани, Лора Фрейзер, Марк Эдди, Алан Тьюдик, Bérénice Bejo, Scott Handy, Джеймс Пьюрфой

Plot

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.

Inspired by "The Canterbury Tales," as well as the early life of William Marshall (later First Earl of Pembroke), this is the story of William, a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country's jousting competition, and finds romance along the way.