Drama · History
Black Death
In an age of darkness, one man will face the ultimate battle against evil.
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
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Top Cast
Sean Bean
Ulric
Eddie Redmayne
Osmund
Carice van Houten
Langiva
Kimberley Nixon
Averill
John Lynch
Wolfstan
Tim McInnerny
Hob
Andy Nyman
Dalywag
Daniel Steiner
Monk
Directed by
Christopher Smith
Production
Egoli Tossell Film
The Post Republic
Ecosse Films
HanWay FilmsReviews
Wuchak
9/108/2/2019
***Do you REALLY have faith?*** There's been some controversy over 2010's "Black Death." The film has been interpreted in every which way by Christians, pagans, religionists, agnostics and atheists. Either its message is too deep or it's just ambiguous. I believe I have it figured out and will share evidence at the end of this review. THE PLOT: The year is 1348 and England is plagued by the Black Death. The Roman Church learns of a remote village that has eluded the plague and suspect sorcery. They send their knight Ulrich (Sean Bean) and a team of hardened soldiers to investigate. On the way they enlist a young monk to lead them to the village, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), but he has ulterior motives in taking the assignment: He hopes to reunite with Averill, a girl who took sanctuar
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