The Black Cauldron

Name: The Black Cauldron
Director: Ted Berman
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1985-07-24
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, John Byner, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt

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1985 · 80 min · PG · Animation · Adventure · Family · Fantasy · TMDB 6.4/10

Overview

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

Directed by Ted Berman

Cast

Grant Bardsley — Taran (voice)
Susan Sheridan — Eilonwy (voice)
John Byner — Gurgi / Doli (voice)
Nigel Hawthorne — Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
John Hurt — The Horned King (voice)