The Secret of Kells (2009)

75 min · Adventure, Cartoon, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, drama film, fantasy film

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Directors

Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore

Cast

Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Christen Mooney, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath, Liam Hourican, Paul Tylak, Paul Young

The story

thumb|Folio 34r of the original Book of Kells shows the Chi Rho monogram. In early 9th-century Ireland, 12-year-old Brendan lives in the Abbey of Kells, where his uncle Cellach is the abbot. Cellach forbids Brendan to leave the monastery, which is surrounded by a mysterious forest, and is obsessed with building a high impregnable wall encircling his abbey to prevent Viking attacks.

Catalogue themes and tags

9th Century, Abbey, Abbot, Adventure, Book, Enchanted Woods, Fantasiewelt, Fantasy, Irland, Jungs, Magical powers, Mythical Creature, Mönch, Toons, Viking, Wall, Wolf, Zauberkraft, gefahr, monastery, woods, Family Film, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Animation

Genres

Adventure, Cartoon, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, drama film, fantasy film

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