Little gems like this are why I love KZfaq.

I’m here cause of school, honestly i found this interesting which was really unexpected.

Arrives in Denmark @ 6:47 Battle w/ Grendel @ 9:20 Battle w/ Grendel's mother @ 13:21 Hrothgar's advice @ 17:00 Battle w/ Dragon @ 21:47

Narrator: "the beast was matched; met his doom. Limb torn from the beast. Grendel: "well, this sucks. Imma go back home, lie down, amd bleed out for awhile."

I will nitpick they left a few things from the original poem. 1) The lake where Grendel's Mother lived was full of all kinds of various monsters. 2) Grendel's Mother actually grabbed Beowulf and dragged him into her lair where she attempted to stab him. 3) One of Beowulf's men attempted to attack Grendel only to end up as monster chow. 4) Beowulf died due to a poisonous bite to the neck by Hordeshyrde (the dragon). Aside from that, this is a pretty faithful adaptation of the poem.

Respect to the soldier that helped Beowulf fight the dragon

Holy hell. This showed up in my suggested videos. I remember renting the VHS of this from the library as a kid, and being absolutely enthralled with it. Thus began my lifelong love for mythology and epics of all sorts.

The oldest epic poem in the English language presented in an Animated movie. I love it!!

Excellent rendition of the epic poem Beowulf, I fall asleep to this video every night!

"No time for foolishness! Only fighting to the death." -Beowulf

I found this very accurate compared to the story itself and also very well drawn in terms of animation.It also gives that perfect gloomy atmosphere which is intended to be in the script. I nearly shed a tear at the ending, Beowulf's death is a very sad yet epic and gloryful moment. All in all, I prefered a lot this little well-made movie to that Hollywood shit.

The animation style and the narration made it feel like the ancient epic it was. Great stuff.

I still watch the 2007 Beowulf movie. It's amazing

No idea why but 4:22 made me choke with laughter. "Grendeeelllll..."

Like those Shakespeare adaptation, this version of Beowulf is wonderfully done. A great introduction to a magical tale.

Thank you for sharing this and for labelling it correctly this making it so easy to find. Great job uploader. Thanks again. Epic.

better then the other movie version

In realms of time, where tales unfold, A cartoon gem, I've come to behold. Beowulf's grand saga, in animated guise, A feast for the eyes, a true surprise. Yet twenty-five years, it lay unseen, A treasure hidden, a secret pristine. I lament the gap, the years that passed, When this masterpiece could have been amassed. Oh, let the world know of this cartoon bright, Where heroes clash, and monsters fight. A tale of courage, of strength and might, Beowulf's cartoon, a shining light.

Anyone else here because of school?

The Dragon's just straight up Godzilla.

I watched this loads as a kid and just remembered it exists! In my child memory I was sure that this was at least an hour and a half long! 😂 thanks to the uploader, pure nostalgia trip watching this again at the age of 25! 👍🏼

I don't know how long it took them to make or how much it cost. All I know is that it is that it is so much better than they Hollywood abortion of CGI they made with "Iy am 'ere to kiw yow monsta". This is so much better.

This is very aesthetically pleasing. Overall, 1000 times better than that Robert Zemeckis one

I love watching stuff like this, has the same atmosphere as the claymation Canterbury tales and claymation Shakespeare's stories

The artistic dreamlike imagery reminds me of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and Shakespeare: The Animated Tales :)

I remember watching this on HBO in the 90 and being totally entranced with the story.

anyone else remember when HBO had pretty good cartoon shows?

Proably the best version ever made than the 2007 film

my favorite rendition of beowulf.

Amazing just amazing i am so glad that i came across this masterpiece what a beautiful narration what an amazing animation 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

One of my favourite stories by far.

Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought or why we died, no. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! My war pleases you, Crom. So grant me one request. Grant me revenge. And if you do not listen...then to Hell with you!

This is one nostalgia trip. Remember watching this as a kid.

Best depiction of Bēoƿulf.

How astonishingly beautiful and haunting...

Thank you so much for sharing this! I recorded it off of HBO back in the day, but my video copy got destroyed several years ago and I've really missed it.

What a wonderful piece of art! thank you very much for sharing this with us!

I, as a non-literature-lover, can tell that this is a classic for a reason.

Aw man, I remember this fondly. The animation is like no other and has stuck with me for years-I also remember the Moby Dick rendition done by these people!

Definitely one of the top 10 short animation projects I've watched. It is super useful for my studies and has helped me learn the story better. The animation was a treat to watch.

The director of this film Yuriy Kulakov also made another great animation film "Knyaz Vladimir" 2004. I honestly recommend you it. It's the best cartoon ever made in modern Russia.

One of my favourite stories as a child, still love it today. First time I have seen this .Thanks for sharing

This sounds and looks BEAUTIFUL

loved this as I was growing up, the atmosphere, storytelling and animation style are perfect for the story. I've felt that some of this atmosphere has been lacking in other versions, there's just something special about this one.

I've first watch beowulf in 2007 film. It was awesome. But the 1998 short film is also awesome.

I watched this at my school today

Glad that I found that. Thanks for the upload!

Now that's what I call bravery.

Very striking looking and well narrated.

and Beorn in The Hobbit was based off of Beowulf witch makes me feel like I am part of middle earth.

My dad showed me this when i it was first uploaded, i was about 3-4. Im 14 now. So many memories

Thanks for sharing it with us

I liked the speech around the seventeenth minute.

“Grendels Mother!” I didn’t expect that one 😭

Absolutely great!!! Super clear!!! I needed for my history subject

This dragon is so damn creepy. I love the appearance of 80's/90's dragons, they were awkward, fat, slow, but scary as hell. I enjoy the modern Wyvern stuff, but dragons like Smaug from The Hobbit are the least scary and imposing thing I've ever seen lmao

Stories sure haven`t changed much in the last 1000 years or so... The book was excellent also, imho. Great video; thanks for posting, Lupo Canis!

Beautiful.

Such a great story.

Beautiful!

My professor in Mythology just showed this to the class XD Thanks much for sharing this video!

I'm glad even the auto-generated captions get the names right.

Lupo Canis, thank you for this, of which I was ignorant, but now I have seen it.

If Beowulf were born today, his name would be Chad.

Thanks for the upload!

I never thought I'd see this again. I seen it years ago in school.

good movie! It captures the mood of the original story well!

Nicely done.Fanstastic.

odd way to depict grendel and his mother, much like swap monsters made of moss. fairly different.

Whoa! Thank you, so much, for sharing this!!! 🐻🐺🗡🛡

THANK U FOR UPLOADING THIS IS USEFUL FOR MY ESL STUDENTS

Inevitable tears at the end. ❤️

Noticed heavy amounts of surrealism.

lovely!

This was actually really great!

great animation design!

Beowulf is so strong.

wow this is a nice piece of animation

Wonderful

These are great! I wanted to introduce my daughter to Beowulf and this is the best of the videos for kids.

I watched this at school and I love it so much I'm watching it at home

I watched it until the end, captivated,

They stand 18' foot tall and 9' foot wide, Are you gonna fight against the evil beings?

This is a great animation of Beowulf, faithful to the original.

this is really good and easier to understand! thank you:D.

Yes. Derek Jacobi at the narration. A spooky take on the fairy tale. Before this it had been told to me via still pictures and barstool via a bbc schools Zigzag show on Anglo Saxon monks.

Exellent!

Excellent story

Best adaptation by far.

So nice

awesome

Man this was part of my Childhood

damn this is so sweet

All the blood, sweat and tears our forefathers have spent to build us what they have left us, the death and suffering fighting foreigners who wanted to take what they envied, and now because of our womenfolk we wilfully hand it to the enemies who fought us tooth and nail for thousands of years. If only we could hook dynamo's up to the graves of our ancestors, we could power the world with how much they must spin in their graves.

the original author or date of these epic's creation was unknown but it was surely the greatest Epic I know

this is the foundation of faith

Dose Grendel looks more like Swamp Thing

I had to watch this for one of my school history homeworks.

Magical

This was very good