Tristan ja Isolde
Tristan & Isolde is set in Britain and Ireland, in the Early Middle Ages, after the fall of
the Roman Empire in the 5th century. The scattered British settlements are in the process
of becoming unified under Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), who wishes to fortify England
against attacks by the Irish king Donnchadh (David O'Hara).
The Cornish knight Tristan of Aerygone (James Franco) engages in combat with
Morholt, leader of Donnchadh's army and to whom Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles) has
been promised in marriage. Though he kills Morholt and Donnchadh's army is overrun,
Tristan is severely wounded in the fight and believed dead, though he is in fact only
suffering the effects of having been sliced in the abdomen by Morholt's poisoned sword.
Tristan's body is put out to sea on a funeral boat which eventually washes up along the
shores of Ireland