Through animation, location footage, archive and interviews, the Beowulf epic is examined in the light of the civilization that created it, the Anglo-Saxons. In this documentary, we investigate the Anglo-Saxons' religious beliefs, their everyday life, and explore the suggestion that the poem may have roots in an even more ancient fertility cult.

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