''Galgameth'' (also released under the titles ''The Legend of Galgameth'' and ''The Adventures of Galgameth'') is a 1996 American

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directed by

Sean McNamara Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. Life and career McNamara was born in Burbank, California, Burbank, California. He is best known for his feature films ''Soul Sur ...

from a screenplay by Michael Angeli. The film stars Devin Neil Oatway, Johna Stewart and Stephen Macht. It is loosely based on a film

Shin Sang-ok Shin Sang-ok (; 1925 or 1926 – April 11, 2006), anglicized as Simon Sheen, was a South Korean filmmaker who directed 74 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is best known in South Korea for his efforts during the 1950s and 1960s, ...

directed in 1985 while being held in North Korea, ''

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'', itself supposedly a remake of a lost 1962 film. ''Galgameth'' was produced through Shin's production company Sheen Communications.

Plot

In the medieval kingdom of Donnegold, a young prince named Davin (Devin Oatway) lives with his father, the noble King Henryk (

). This comes to an end when the King's black knight, El El ( Stephen Macht), poisons him. As he lays dying, Henryk gives his son a small black statue of a creature. He tells him that it is called "Galgameth", the family guardian of

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. Davin takes it and while he is away mourning his father, El El secretly shatters the statue and takes command, thrusting the kingdom into turmoil under Davin's name. Davin is given the broken statue by a maidservant and cries. The next morning he finds that the statue has become a living creature which he nicknames "Galgy" ( Felix Silla and Doug Jones). Brought to life by the prince's tears, Galgameth becomes his friend and guardian as he finds himself chased by El El and in the company of disgruntled peasants who are planning a revolt in order to dethrone the man they think is the source of all their trouble, Prince Davin.

Cast

* Devin Oatway as Prince Davin *

as King Henryk * Stephen Macht as El El *

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as Zethar * Time Winters as Templeton * James Nixon as Bertrand * Felix Silla as Little Galgy * Doug Jones as Big Galgy * Brendan O'Brien as Heretic *

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as William *

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as Kinch * Elizabeth Cheap as Periel * Patrick Richwood as Grecy *

Ken Thorley Ken Thorley is an actor who has portrayed various characters in television and film. One of his recurring roles was that of the fictional character "Mot", a Bolian barber on the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (who wa ...

as Footy * Johna Stewart-Bowden as Julia * Corneliu Țigancu as Zhidao

Production

The production was filmed on locations in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, including

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

and

Zărnești Zărnești (; ; ) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 21,624 as of 2021. It administers one village, Tohanu Nou (''Neu-Tohan''; ''Újtohán''). The town is located near the Piatra Craiului Mountains, which ...

Release

Original release was in Spain on November 18, 1996, followed by release in Japan on November 21. Its original Romanian title was ''Galgameth'' and had differing titles dependent upon the country and language of later releases. In Germany it was released as ''Galgameth - Das Ungeheuer des Prinzen''. In Spain its video title was as ''La leyenda de Galgameth'' and its television release title was ''Galgameth - El guerrero invencible''. In France it was released as ''Galgameth: L'apprenti dragon''. English release titles included both ''The Legend of Galgameth'' and the later ''The Adventures of Galgameth'', which was released by Trimark Home Video on July 29, 1997.

References

External links

* {{Sean McNamara Films directed by Sean McNamara 1996 films Romanian children's films American children's films American remakes of foreign films English-language Romanian films Puppet films Films shot in Romania Films shot in Bucharest Kaiju films Giant monster films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films 1990s Japanese films Films scored by Richard Marvin