The War Lord

Chrysagon

Bors

Bronwyn

Priest

Draco

Odins

Marc

Frisian Prince

Volc

Piet

Holbracht

Tybald

Rainault

Dirck

Boy Prince

Chrysagon Man

Old Woman

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charlton Heston tried to interest both David Lean and Peter Ustinov in directing this film, without success.

John Gielgud was offered the role of the Priest, but turned it down. Maurice Evans, a former acting colleague of Gielgud's, took the role instead.

Michael Conrad's dialog was dubbed by (probably) Paul Frees.

The War Lord's hawk is a Harpy Eagle, a species recognizable by its dark eyes and crested head. However, Harpy Eagles are from South America, a continent unknown and unreachable for European people in the Middle Age. So, it's impossible for a Middle Age, European Lord to own a bird that comes from South America.

When Chrysagon first sees Bronwyn naked in the water, we see a close-up of Rosemary Forsythe in the water. When it cuts to a wide shot of Charlton Heston wading in and helping her to stand, Bronwyn is clearly a different girl, a stand in who has darker hair.

The action supposedly takes place in Normandy, in land belonging to the Duke of Ghent. However, Normandy was entirely under the rule of its own Duke; Ghent was a separate territory under the Count of Flanders.

Draco: Did I say it was a turning world?

Draco: This place has the dimensions of heresy.

Chrysagon: From under his right hand, I took that sword. I've lived twenty years with that cold wife.