Dragonslayer

1981 film by Matthew Robbins
Movie film Q1193005
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Summary

Dragonslayer is a film[1]. Dragonslayer ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,397 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Matthew Robbins[3]
  • Screenwriter: Hal Barwood[4], Matthew Robbins[5]
  • Composer: Alex North[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], adventure film[8], medieval film[9], sword and sorcery film[10]
  • Cast member: Peter MacNicol[11], Caitlin Clarke[12], Ralph Richardson[13], John Hallam[14], Peter Eyre[15], Sydney Bromley[16], Chloe Salaman[17], Ian McDiarmid[18], Albert Salmi[19], Emrys James[20]
  • Producer: Hal Barwood[21], Howard W. Koch[22]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[23], The Walt Disney Company[24]
  • Director of photography: Derek Vanlint[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Distribution format: theatrical release[27], video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 85%[29], 6.7/10[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: United States[32], Australia[33]
  • Publication date: June 26, 1981[34], September 30, 1982[35]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: Europe[38]
  • Filming location: Pinewood Studios[39]
  • Film editor: Tony Lawson[40]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score[41], Academy Award for Best Visual Effects[42]
  • Title: Dragonslayer[43]
  • Different from: Dragonslayer[44]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[45]
  • Duration: 108 minutes[46], 107 minutes[47]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 16[48]
  • Australian Classification: M[49]

Why It Matters

Dragonslayer has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Dragonslayer is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . filmdienst.de. filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'bg', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'hif', 'it', 'ja',
    Ampas collections film id → W060403
    Sitelink count → 23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W060403, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 36237
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  3. 13w ago · TalkTuahLunchly · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Dragonslayer (1981) logo.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Dragonslayer (1981) logo.jpg"
  4. 13w ago · BrokenSegue · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson +7
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Cast member: Emrys James, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1981-06-26T00:00:00Z, +1982-09-30T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+108'}, {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+107'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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