Mists of Avalon TV Show

The Mists of Avalon is a four-hour TV mini-series based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It is the King Arthur legend told from a feminine perspective through the eyes of Morgaine and Gwenwyfar.

Fast Facts

1. First aired: July 15, 2001
2. Network: TNT
3. Rating: NR
4. Running Time: 183 Minutes
5. Directed by: Uli Edel
6. Filming location: Prague, Czech Republic
7. Last film role for Edward Jewesbury
8. Tagline: Passion. Mysticism. Adventure. Journey beyond the legend of Camelot

Cast Information

• Anjelica Huston as Viviane
• Julianna Margulies as Morgaine
• Joan Allen as Morgause
• Samantha Mathis as Gwenhwyfar
• Caroline Goodall as Igraine
• Edward Atterton as Arthur
• Michael Vartan as Lancelot
• Michael Byrne as Merlin
• Hans Matheson as Mordred
• Mark Lewis Jones as Uther
• Clive Russell as Gorlois
• Biddy Hodson as Elaine
• Ian Duncan as Accolon
• Tamsin Egerton as Young Morgaine
• Freddie Highmore as Young Arthur

Quotes

"We all make sacrifices. What we want and what's right are sometimes different things." —Merlin¹

"Think, before you strike me, Gorlois. Or I will teach you that a daughter of the holy isle is a servant of no man." —Igraine¹

"The Goddess holds all things in balance: good and evil, death and rebirth. The predator and the prey. Without her, destruction and chaos will prevail." —Viviane¹

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