Labyrinth (miniseries)
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Labyrinth is a historical television miniseries based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Kate Mosse. The setting jumps between modern and medieval France and follows two women (played by Vanessa Kirby and Jessica Brown Findlay) who are searching for the Holy Grail. Other cast members include Katie McGrath, Tom Felton, Sebastian Stan, Emun Elliott, Tony Curran, and John Hurt. Adrian Hodges adapted the novel for the series, which was directed by Christopher Smith.
Labyrinth | |
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Genre | Historical |
Based on | Labyrinth by Kate Mosse |
Screenplay by | Adrian Hodges |
Directed by | Christopher Smith |
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Theme music composer | Trevor Jones |
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Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Producers | Executive producers: Tim Halkin Liza Marshall Rola Bauer Jonas Bauer Adrian Hodges Producers: Moritz Polter Christopher Hall |
Running time | 180 min |
Production companies | |
Budget | 20 Mil. USD |
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Release | 2012 (2012) |
A German-South African co-production, the two-part series was filmed on location in the medieval town of Carcassonne in southwest France and Cape Town, South Africa. The executive producers were Tim Halkin, Liza Marshall, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Rola Bauer, Jonas Bauer, and Hodges.
The series aired in Canada, Korea, Poland and Portugal in autumn 2012, in Sweden in December 2012, the UK in March 2013, the U.S. in May 2014, and was set to air in Austria and Germany early 2013. The running time was originally announced, and is still stated on the official website, as being "four hours". However, the broadcast version only runs for three hours.