Merlin and the Dragons (1991)

Name: Merlin and the Dragons
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action, Fantasy, Kids & Family
Released: 1991-11-09

37m

Running Time

Plot.

A young King Arthur is awoken from his sleep by bad dreams, about a boy who is made king because he pulls a sword from a stone. He goes to Merlin to seek his counsel, and Merlin begins a story of his own, about a young boy with strange abilities and visions. The boy, called Emrys, is feared in his village called of as a demon. Eventually, King Vortigern comes and forces his village to build a tower for him. However, the tower crumbles. His wizards advise him to find a demon boy and spill his blood upon the ground. However, when the boy is brought before Vortigern, he predicts that there is a pool of water beneath the foundations of the castle that weaken it. The workers find a pool of water and two strange stones, from which two beasts emerge, a white and a red dragon.

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Cast & Crew.

Kevin Kline

Narrator (voice)

Dennis Woodyard

Director

Hu Yihong

Director

Horseman Cao

Director

Jane Yolen

Writer

Joshua M. Greene

Producer

Michel Rubini

Composer

Mo Pu Zhong

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 9, 1991

Status
Released

Running Time
37m

Genres
Adventure Animation Action Fantasy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-09

Wiki.

Merlin and the Dragons is a 1991 animated film adapted from a story by Jane Yolen and illustrations by Alan Lee. It was directed by Dennis Woodyard (as Dennis J. Woodyard) and Hu Yihong and includes a musical score by composer Michel Rubini. The production is a retelling of the Arthurian legend, with Merlin the magician, based on material from Nennius and Geoffrey of Monmouth. Yolen is a prolific author of Arthurian-themed texts, and this production continues her series of retellings of the Merlin story. The half-hour film is narrated and voiced by Kevin Kline and was originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS program Long Ago and Far Away, which first aired on November 9, 1991.

The film has been released on VHS, DVD, and CD by Lightyear Entertainment as part of the "Stories to Remember" series; the CD includes the narration only and adds illustrations by Iain McCraig.

The story was later adapted by Yolen and illustrated by Li Ming, under the title "Merlin and the Dragons" (Cobblehill Books, 1995).