Merlin and the Sword

by David Wyles, directed by Clive Donner

Release: 5 January 1985
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

When Katherine Davidson falls into an underground ice cave beneath Stonehenge, she finds that Merlin and his lover Niniane have been trapped there for a millennium, whereupon Merlin and Niniane proceed to show Katherine the story of how Morgan le Fay trapped them.

— Michael Main

Love cancels all curses, love breaks all spells. Love is a magic greater than any wizard or witch, warlock or shaman.

DEBUT

Merlin and the Sword (at limited theaters, Davao, Phillipines, 5 January 1985).

VARIANTS

2 English variants

PRIOR WORKS: an abridged, loose retelling of Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Time Travel Methods

Magic Time Travel

Themes

Viewing the Past

Real-World Tags

Fictional Tags

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Camelot, medieval England ⋙ to under Stonehenge, circa 1980s. Note: images of the story.
From under Stonehenge, circa 1980s ⋙ to Camelot, medieval England. Note: Merlin’s aura to stop Mordred.
From under Stonehenge, circa 1980s ⋙ to Camelot, medieval England. Note: Merlin and Niniane at the end.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Release—Before the CBS-TV (USA) broadcast titled <em>Arthur the King</em>, there was a theatrical release titled <em>Merlin and the Sword</em> in Davao, Philippines, and this same title was later used on home video (which we’ve seen as early as 1987 in the USA).